Browsing by Subject "Pregnancy, Ectopic"

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    Ectopic pregnancy following tubal sterilization
    (2009) Oruç S.; Karaer Ö.; Göker A.
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    Medical management of an ovarian ectopic pregnancy: a case report
    (BioMed Central, 2015) Birge O.; Erkan M.M.; Ozbey E.G.; Arslan D.
    Background: Primary ovarian ectopic pregnancy is a rare type of ectopic pregnancy which has an estimated prevalence ranging from 1:7000 to 1:70,000 accounting for almost 3 % of all ectopic cases. Here we report the case of a 25-year-old woman who presented to our clinic with abdominal pain, 6 weeks' delay of menstruation and 3 days of vaginal bleeding, whose transvaginal ultrasonography showed an ectopic gestational sac with yolk sac inside, in her right ovary. This case shows that early diagnosis is very important particularly in places like the Sub-Saharan region of Africa. Case presentation: A 25-year-old African woman was referred to our clinic with 6 weeks' delay of menstruation, frequent increasing abdominal pain and 3 days of vaginal bleeding. Her general condition was good and her vital signs were normal. She felt tenderness in an abdominal examination and had a small amount of vaginal bleeding. Transvaginal ultrasonography showed an ectopic gestational sac with yolk sac inside, in her right ovary. Our final diagnosis was ectopic ovarian pregnancy and we successfully treated her with methotrexate. After 3 weeks of methotrexate administration her beta human chorionic gonadotropin was negative and a sonographic examination was completely normal. Conclusions: Ectopic ovarian pregnancy is a very important medical situation. It should be diagnosed in its early stages otherwise it could be life-threatening and surgical treatment may be inevitable. Because of the importance of fertility, medical treatment is an acceptable option and can be feasible with early diagnosis. © 2015 Birge et al.
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    The Utility of Myometrial and Cervical Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography in the Diagnosis of Ectopic Pregnancy
    (Elsevier USA, 2020) Akbas M.; Koyuncu F.M.
    We aimed to assess the potential utility of myometrial and cervical elasticity measurement in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy (EP), which could facilitate the diagnosis process. Myometrial and cervical elasticity values were measured in women with EP, women with early intrauterine pregnancy (IP) and non-pregnant women. Transabdominal point shear wave elastography (pSWE) was used for elasticity measurements. A reliability study was performed in 20 patients of the non-pregnant group. Cervical pSWE showed poor reliability and high measurement failure rate; thus, we excluded cervical elasticity assessment from the study. In this study, 32 women with EP, 28 women with early IP and 38 non-pregnant women were enrolled for myometrial elasticity assessment by pSWE. Myometrial elasticity values were statistically significantly lower in EP (8.31 kPa [5.1–27]) and early IP (8.83 kPa [4.5–46.2]) groups than in non-pregnant women (14.85 kPa [5.1–28]) (p = 0.003). However, myometrial pSWE results were not significantly different between EP and early IP groups. In light of this data, quantitative assessment of the uterus elasticity using pSWE does not seem to be an adequate diagnostic method for EP. © 2020 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology