Uterine cervical ulceration caused by group C streptococcal infection during pregnancy: A case report.

Causes of cervical ulceration include infection, collagen disease, malignant tumors and external stimuli. Cervical ulceration during pregnancy is rare. We present a case of cervical ulceration caused by group C streptococcal infection during pregnancy. A 36-year-old woman (gravida 1, para 0) complained of metrorrhagia, and a circular cervical ulcer of about 1.5 cm in diameter was detected on her cervix at 37 weeks' gestation. A biopsy and a cultivation test of the ulcer were performed, and pathological diagnosis was made as suppurative inflammation, and group C streptococcal infection was detected by the cultivation test. The ulcer had expanded to about 3 cm in diameter at the onset of labor at 40 weeks' gestation. An emergency cesarean section was performed because of failed induction of labor, and she was delivered of a male baby. The ulcer became gradually smaller after delivery, and completely disappeared on the 35th day after delivery.

Spontaneous uterine rupture at 15 weeks' gestation in a patient with a history of cesarean delivery after removal of shirodkar cerclage.

A pregnant woman presented with acute upper abdominal pain and nausea at 15 weeks' gestation. She had a history of cesarean delivery for abruption after the removal of a Shirodkar cerclage that was placed because of cervical shortening caused by conization. She became pregnant again 14 months later. Ultrasonography revealed no significant findings, and a single intrauterine pregnancy with positive fetal heart activity was confirmed. An intestinal obstruction was suspected because abdominal radiography showed multiple air-fluid levels in the colon. Over the 3 hours following admission, her symptoms gradually worsened, and plain abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed a large hemorrhage in the abdominal cavity, but the uterine wall appeared intact at this time. Subsequently, dynamic CT revealed discontinuity of the uterine muscle layer. During laparotomy, uterine rupture with complete opening of the uterine wall at the site of the previous transverse scar was identified. A dead fetus was located within the amniotic sac in a blood-filled abdominal cavity. She received a total of 10 units of packed red blood cells and 6 units of fresh frozen plasma for the resuscitation. She was discharged on the eighth postoperative day without any complications.

Impaired delivery outcomes in pregnancies following myomectomy compared to myoma-complicated pregnancies.

OBJECTIVE: To compare obstetric and delivery outcomes between myoma-complicated pregnancies and pregnancies that follow myomectomy. STUDY DESIGN: Among the 7,589 deliveries performed in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Osaka University Hospital, Osaka, Japan, from 1994 to 2007, women with a past history of myomectomy and those with myoma during their pregnancy were enrolled in this study. Their clinical records were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS: The frequency of myomas detected during pregnancy significantly increased by 1.8-fold during the first 7-year period as compared with the latter 7-year period of the study (p < 0.001). The obstetric and delivery outcomes, including the rate of cesarean section, the rate of preterm delivery and the amount of blood loss at delivery, were better in pregnancies complicated with current myoma than those in pregnancies which had undergone previous myomectomy (p < 0.001, p = 0.002 and p = 0.005, respectively), with the exception of an increased need for analgesic medication. CONCLUSION: Myomectomy of large asymptomatic myomas does not improve future obstetric and delivery outcomes, indicating that most asymptomatic myomas should be managed conservatively in women still considering childbearing.