Gray-scale ultrasound in tubal pregnancy. 1978

S Schoenbaum, and L Rosendorf, and N Kappelman, and T Rowan

Sonographic signs were correlated with clinical data, surgical findings, and pathology in 15 patients withtubal pregnancy. Sonograms showed absence of intrauterine gestation in 12 patients. In 3, structures resembling gestational sacs were produced by decidual reaction and blood in the uterine cavity separating the endometrial echoes. The uterus was normal in size in 6 cases. Almost all sonograms showed a pelvic mass (usually adnexal) displacing the uterus. Seven patients had predominantly sonolucent masses, 3 had complex masses, and 4 had both types. Only one woman exhibited a definite gestational sac in an extrauterine location. Four patients had a negative pregnancy test at the time of sonography. Meticulous sonographic technique and a high index of suspicion will facilitate the diagnosis of tubal pregnancy in most cases.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011274 Pregnancy, Tubal The most common (>96%) type of ectopic pregnancy in which the extrauterine EMBRYO IMPLANTATION occurs in the FALLOPIAN TUBE, usually in the ampullary region where FERTILIZATION takes place. Tubal Pregnancy,Pregnancies, Tubal,Tubal Pregnancies
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014463 Ultrasonography The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections or echoes of ultrasonic pulses directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz. Echography,Echotomography,Echotomography, Computer,Sonography, Medical,Tomography, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonic Diagnosis,Ultrasonic Imaging,Ultrasonographic Imaging,Computer Echotomography,Diagnosis, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasound,Ultrasonic Tomography,Ultrasound Imaging,Diagnoses, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasounds,Imaging, Ultrasonic,Imaging, Ultrasonographic,Imaging, Ultrasound,Imagings, Ultrasonographic,Imagings, Ultrasound,Medical Sonography,Ultrasonic Diagnoses,Ultrasonographic Imagings,Ultrasound, Diagnostic,Ultrasounds, Diagnostic

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