Beschreibung
Ectopic pregnancy is a high risk condition that occurs in 1.9% of reported pregnancies. The commonest sites of ectopic pregnancy being fallopian tubes accounting for more than 95%, followed by ampulla 55%, isthmus 25%, fimbria 17% and abdominal cavity 3%. The commonest presenting symptoms are abdominal pain, amenorrhea, adnexal tenderness, and adnexal mass and abnormal vaginal bleeding. The peak age of incidence is 26-30years; most of the patients have identifiable risk factors, the important risk factors include primigravida, tubectomy, history of abortion, infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease and history of previous surgery. Transabdominal sonography has a significant role in early detection of Ectopic pregnancy. The spectrum of ultrasound findings in ectopic pregnancy is broad, identification of extrauterine gestational sac containing a yolk sac (with or without embryo) and ectopic heart beat confirms diagnosis.
Autorenporträt
Dr.Ameet Jesrani - Assistant Professor in Department of Radiology at SIUT,Pakistan.He has done FCPS in Radiology from Pakistan and did EDIR from European Board of Radiology.Author of books "Role of Computed Tomography in Bronchogenic Carcinoma" and "Diagnosing and Classifying Renal Cell Carcinoma on Computed Tomography". Author of several Articles.
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