SUBCHORIONIC HEMATOMA IN THREATENED-ABORTION - SONOGRAPHIC EVALUATIONAND SIGNIFICANCE

In a study of 92 women with subchorionic hematoma evaluated with sonog raphic scan in King Khalid University Hospital, it was found that the mean ages and live births of patients who carried their pregnancies to viability were higher when compared with the patients who aborted. Th ere was a statistically significant association between the gestationa l age at diagnosis of subchorionic hematoma and the size of the hemato ma. There was, however, no statistically significant association found between the gestational age at diagnosis, size and site of the hemato ma and the outcome of pregnancy. It was concluded that subchorionic he matoma which appear either in the second trimester, or are larger, or located in the lower uterine segment, may be associated with higher ra tes of abortion or preterm deliveries. Nevertheless, there is no stati stically significant impact of these on the outcome of pregnancy.