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Sonographic appearance of heterotopic pregnancy with ruptured ectopic tubal pregnancy
Author(s) -
Singhal Manphool,
Ahuja Chirag Kamal,
Saxena Akshay Kumar,
Dhaliwal Lakhbir,
Khandelwal Niranjan
Publication year - 2010
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.20715
Subject(s) - heterotopic pregnancy , medicine , ectopic pregnancy , pregnancy , obstetrics , gynecology , fallopian tube , pelvic inflammatory disease , gestational sac , genetics , biology
Heterotopic pregnancy, ie, combined intrauterine and extrauterine (ectopic) pregnancy, is a rare clinical entity that may present with acute abdominal catastrophy. Most of cases reported in literature are a consequence of medical or surgical interventions like assisted reproductive techniques, tubal surgeries, intrauterine contraceptive devices, or pelvic inflammatory disease. Heterotopic pregnancy occurring spontaneously is extremely uncommon. We describe the sonographic appearance of spontaneous heterotopic pregnancy with ruptured ectopic tubal pregnancy. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2010