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Reviewer Info: Audra Robertson, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.; ADAM Health Illustrated Encyclopedia, 11/08/2006

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.

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