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An abdominal ultrasound image of the uterine wall and the fetal minor part. The small arrow indicates a thin uterine wall, which is slightly bulging. Beneath the thin uterine wall a fetal minor part (large arrow) is visible, which was palpated as a hard mass through the abdomen.
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An abdominal ultrasound revealed a bulging thin uterine wall of <1 mm with a fetal minor part beneath it (Figure 1), which corresponded to the hard palpable mass.
Operative findings during a Cesarean section. A: The asterisk indicates the thin anterior uterine wall. Arrows indicate the peritoneum. The left side of the photograph is the caudal side of the patient. B: After delivering the fetus and removing the placenta, the thin wall was gently pushed from inside the uterus with a finger. The finger tip (large arrow) is clearly visible through the thin wall. The asterisk indicates the surgeon's right hand. Small arrows indicate the uterine incision site.
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Cephalad to the vesicouterine fold, an approximately 8 x 8 cm area of the uterine anterior wall was thin and a fetal hand and head were visible through it (Figure 2A and 2B).