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Iatrogenic Fetal Implants

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Pathology at the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich 48104.

Abstract

Previously reported theories regarding the etiology of heterotopic tissue in the uterus are considered in respect to five additional examples. It is shown that chronic inflammation, an altered metabolic state, metaplasia and neoplasia could not account for the lesions in these patients. However, the instrumental implantation of fetal tissues during cervical dilatation and endometrial curettage associated with an abortion does provide a logical explanation for the presence of these heterotopic tissues.

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