On reaching the hospital, Perdy had collapsed and was diagnosed with a cornual pregnancy, meaning that the pregnancy was ectopic and she needed an emergency hysterectomy.
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Other risk factors include low-lying placenta, anterior placenta, congenital or acquired uterine defects ( such as uterine septa ), leiomyoma, ectopic implantation of placenta ( including cornual pregnancy ).
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The term "'cornual pregnancy "'is sometimes used as a synonym, but remains ambiguous as it is also applied to indicate the presence of a pregnancy located within the cavity in one of the two upper " horns " of a bicornuate uterus.
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