Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy with an Intrauterine Device: Case Report and Sonographic Considerations. 2020

Derick D Jones, and Tobias Kummer, and Jessica C Schoen
Mayo Clinic, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota.

BACKGROUND Ectopic pregnancy carries a high morbidity and mortality; patients are at risk for rupture and life-threatening hemorrhage. METHODS We present a rare case of ruptured abdominal ectopic pregnancy in a patient with a well-positioned intrauterine device (IUD) and discuss the diagnostic utility that transabdominal point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can have when performed at the bedside. CONCLUSIONS While pregnancy with an IUD in place is rare, when it is encountered the emergency provider should maintain a high degree of suspicion for extrauterine pregnancy and perform prompt evaluation for hemorrhagic shock using diagnostic POCUS.

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