Cornual Ectopic Pregnancy in a Female With Initial Negative Ultrasound

ABSTRACTCornual pregnancies are a rare form of ectopic pregnancy that can be misdiagnosed as an intrauterine pregnancy via ultrasound. We report a 16-year-old adolescent girl with a cornual ectopic pregnancy and subsequent rupture in the emergency department.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatric emergency care 2011-12, Vol.27 (12), p.1182-1184
Hauptverfasser:	Gutierrez, Peter S, Lewis, Madeline, Barabell, Gregory, Upshaw, Jana
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdomen, Acute - etiology Adolescent Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Blood. Blood coagulation. Reticuloendothelial system Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human - urine Diagnosis, Differential Diagnostic Errors Emergencies False Negative Reactions Female Fetal Death - diagnosis Foodborne Diseases - diagnosis Hemoperitoneum - etiology Humans Intensive care medicine Laparoscopy Medical sciences Pharmacology. Drug treatments Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications - etiology Pregnancy, Ectopic - diagnostic imaging Pregnancy, Ectopic - surgery Pregnancy, Ectopic - urine Risk Factors Rupture, Spontaneous Salpingectomy Syncope - etiology Tomography, X-Ray Computed Ultrasonography
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Zusammenfassung:	ABSTRACTCornual pregnancies are a rare form of ectopic pregnancy that can be misdiagnosed as an intrauterine pregnancy via ultrasound. We report a 16-year-old adolescent girl with a cornual ectopic pregnancy and subsequent rupture in the emergency department.
ISSN:	0749-5161 1535-1815
DOI:	10.1097/PEC.0b013e31823b44c7