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Missed miscarriages are diagnosed incidentally (e.g. on a dating scan) and do not have any symptoms. This may happen when an embryo never develops or stops developing early (anembryonic pregnancy).
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Missed
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In an inevitable miscarriage, there is bleeding and/or pain. On examination, the cervical os is open as the miscarriage is ongoing or about to begin.
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Inevitable
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An incomplete miscarriage will have the same symptoms as an inevitable miscarriage (pain/bleeding and open os). However, in incomplete miscarriage, some tissue has been expelled from the uterus.
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Incomplete
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There is pain and/or bleeding in a threatened miscarriage, yet the intrauterine pregnancy is still present and the cervical os remains closed.
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Threatened
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In complete miscarriage, no tissue remains and the cervical os will be closed.
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Concept
Chapter
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Miscarriage
Topic
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Obstetrics
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A 24-year-old woman in her first-trimester of pregnancy presents to the emergency department with pain and bleeding. On examination, the cervical os is open. There is no evidence of foetal tissue having passed.

What type of miscarriage does this describe?
a