PURPOSE OF THE STUDY This study is undertaken to emphasize the role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy and clinical analysis of the same in a tertiary care referral hospital. METHODOLOGY One hundred patients with provisional diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy were studied. Physical examination, urine pregnancy test, transabdominal scan using 5 MHz transducer or transvaginal ...

The incidence of ectopic pregnancy is to be decreased from 1 in 100 deliveries to 1 in 250. Tubal ectopic often becomes symptomatic in first trimester by eroding the tubal wall and causing hemorrhage and shock. It is very rare for an ectopic to progress into second trimester and remain asymptomatic. Diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy in first trimester can avert rupture and potential mortality and ...

BACKGROUND Ectopic pregnancy after hysterectomy is a very rare condition, but it must be kept in mind in women with history of hysterectomy who present with abdominal pain and ecographic adnexal heterogeneous images. Since first described by Wendeler in 1895, at least 67 ectopic pregnancies (tubal, ovarian and abdominal) have been described in patients subjected to prior hysterectomy. CASE PR...

Thb eight cases of ectopic gestation here reported have been treated during the past year in the Government Maternity Hospital, Madras and, as a whole, they are instruct ive and interesting. I may premise my remarks by stating the routine treatment employed in the hospital in all cases of abdominal section. The abdomen is first washed with soap and water, then turpentine is rubbed over it, and ...

We present an unusual case of recurrent ectopic pregnancy in the tubal stump of a previous partial salpingectomy. The patient presented with the classic triad of amenorrhoea, per vaginal bleeding and abdominal pain paired with a void uterus on ultrasonography. Her history was notable for a previous ectopic pregnancy resulting in a laparotomy and salpingectomy-oophrectomy. A positive B-hCG and e...

Case To present an extremely rare case of bilateral tubal pregnancies following a single-embryo transfer in a woman with a 4 year history of infertility prior to seeking assisted reproductive technology. Outcome A pregnancy resulted from the transfer of an embryo that had been thawed from a frozen blastocyst during a hormone replacement cycle. An ultrasound that was performed at 5 weeks and 5...