Possible fetal effects of cervical dilation and uterine curettage during the first trimester of pregnancy.

Holmes, L B · J Pediatr · 1995

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe two malformed infants whose mothers had cervical dilation and uterine curettage. One mother had the procedure at 8 weeks and the other at 6 weeks of gestation. One infant had a facial cleft, hypertelorism, scalp defects, brain malformations, and absent fingernails and a constricting band on the fourth and fifth fingers. The other infant had an area of diminished scalp hair, vertebral anomalies, and a heart defect.

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