Inevitable abortion
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Definition
Inevitable abortion is a spontaneous abortion which cannot be stopped.
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Alternative Names
Abortion - inevitable
Symptoms
Symptoms include lower abdominal cramping and bleeding. The uterine cervix is dilated and fetal or placental material may already have passed out of the body.
Review Date: 11/8/2006
Reviewed by: Audra Robertson, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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