2ND-TRIMESTER UTERINE ATONY IMITATING ECTOPIC PREGNANCY - MAGNETIC-RESONANCE DIAGNOSIS

Authors
WAX JR TEMPANY CM SLOWEY MJ SMITH JF FLOYD RC
Citation
Jr. Wax et al., 2ND-TRIMESTER UTERINE ATONY IMITATING ECTOPIC PREGNANCY - MAGNETIC-RESONANCE DIAGNOSIS, Military medicine, 160(10), 1995, pp. 534-535
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine Miscellaneus
Journal title
Military medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00264075
Volume
160
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
534 - 535
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-4075(1995)160:10<534:2UAIEP>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
When an obstetrical patient was referred for inability to auscultate f etal heart tones at 18 weeks' gestation, ultrasound identified a singl e living fetus in the maternal right upper quadrant, Magnetic resonanc e imaging (MRI) ruled out a suspected uterine ectopic pregnancy and av oided laparotomy. The patient experienced an uncomplicated term delive ry, MRI is a useful adjunct to ultrasound for mid-trimester pregnancy localization when the differential diagnosis includes uterine eccyesis .