Sonographic Findings in Primary Ovarian Pregnancy | Zendy

Athey Patricia A. | Zendy; Jayson Hal T. | Zendy; Estrada Rolando | Zendy; Watson Alfred B. | Zendy

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Sonographic Findings in Primary Ovarian Pregnancy

Author(s) -

Athey Patricia A.,

Jayson Hal T.,

Estrada Rolando,

Watson Alfred B.

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

journal of clinical ultrasound

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272

H-Index - 61

eISSN - 1097-0096

pISSN - 0091-2751

DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1990.18.9.730

Subject(s) - medicine , ectopic pregnancy , ovarian pregnancy , pregnancy , ovary , gynecology , obstetrics , gestational sac , fallopian tube , gestation , ultrasonography , radiology , genetics , biology

Primary ovarian pregnancy is a relatively rare form of ectopic pregnancy in which the gestational sac is implanted in the ovary and the tube is involved. Review of the literature demonstrated over 300 reported cases 1 and only 4 individual case reports that describe sonographic findings. 2–5 We present an additional case report and emphasize the difficulty in distinguishing an ovarian pregnancy from a tubal ectopic pregnancy sonographically.

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