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. 2013 Mar 29;3:16. doi: 10.4103/2156-7514.109758

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Copyright: © 2013 Wu R

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(a, b) Photographs of the gross specimen post-hysterectomy show a gestational sac with a single embryo (dashed yellow arrow) measuring 2.4 cm in length attached by a 2.6 cm long umbilical cord (not shown). Four limb buds (red arrows) are present with ambiguous genitalia. (c) Microscopic evaluation of the sample from the scarred portion of the lower uterine segment in the implantation site shows myometrium ranging from 0.1 cm to 1.8 cm in thickness (black arrowheads) and chorionic villi with trophoblasts (black arrows) invading into 1 mm of fibroadipose tissue, suggesting impending rupture. (Hematoxylin and eosin stain, ×20)