A Successful Pregnancy Despite the Presence of an Intrauterine Fetal Bone Fragment

Evangelos Petrakis; Ioannis Chatzipapas; Ioannis K Papapanagiotou; Panagiotis Fotinopoulos; Panagiota Siemou; Konstantinos Ntzeros; Dimitrios Loutradis

doi:10.1155/2019/3064727

A Successful Pregnancy Despite the Presence of an Intrauterine Fetal Bone Fragment

Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Oct 17:2019:3064727. doi: 10.1155/2019/3064727. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Evangelos Petrakis¹, Ioannis Chatzipapas¹, Ioannis K Papapanagiotou¹, Panagiotis Fotinopoulos¹, Panagiota Siemou¹, Konstantinos Ntzeros¹, Dimitrios Loutradis¹

Affiliation

¹ 1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra General Hospital, Lourou and Vasilisis Sofias Avenue, 11528 Athens, Greece.

Abstract

Objective: Intrauterine retention of fetal bones following a termination of a pregnancy is a rare complication. Among the few reported cases in literature, there has been no report describing the birth of a live fetus, despite the presence of an embryonic ossicle within the endometrial cavity.

Case report: A 28-year-old woman, with an obstetrical history of a miscarriage at the 19^th week of gestation, underwent a diagnostic hysteroscopy for evaluation of pelvic pain and infertility, which revealed an intrauterine embryonic ossicle. The patient did not comply with our recommendations to undergo a surgical hysteroscopy. The patient's next visit was during her 9^th week of gestation. She was followed up regularly at our Obstetrics Department. Her gestation was uneventful, while an elective caesarean section at the 39^th week of gestation was performed.

Conclusion: The present clinical case has demonstrated that achieving childbearing is possible, despite the requirement of removing such bone fragments.

Publication types

Case Reports