Svensk definition
Habituella (återkommande) aborter, i samband med vilka en icke-blödande utvidgning av livmoderhalsen under den andra trimestern följs av bristning av fosterhinnan och förlust av det ofullgångna fostre t.
Uterine Cervical Incompetence
Cervixinkompetens
Engelsk definition
Incompetent UTERINE CERVIX is usually diagnosed in the second trimester of PREGNANCY. It is characterized by passive painless cervical dilation in the absence of UTERINE CONTRACTION; BLEEDING; INFECTION; and sometimes with the amniotic sac (AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE) bulging through the partially dilated cervix. Left untreated, this condition may lead to premature pregnancy loss, such as HABITUAL ABORTION.
Svenska synonymer
Cervixinsufficiens
Engelska synonymer
Cervical Incompetence, Uterine — Incompetence, Uterine Cervical — Incompetent Cervix — Cervices, Incompetent — Cervix, Incompetent — Incompetent Cervices — Cervix Incompetence — Incompetence, Cervix