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INTRAUTERINE HAEMATOMA AN ULTRASONIC STUDY OF THREATENED ABORTION
Author(s) -
Mantoni Margit,
Pedersen J. Fog
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00936.x
Subject(s) - threatened abortion , abortion , medicine , gestation , obstetrics , fetus , ultrasonography , ultrasonic sensor , threatened species , pregnancy , surgery , radiology , biology , ecology , genetics , habitat
Summary Ultrasonic scanning in patients with symptoms of threatened abortion occasionally revealed an echo‐free area between the membranes and the uterine wall. The echo‐free area was found in patients at 11 to 20 weeks gestation who had a live fetus and is believed to represent blood. Seven smaller haematomas of less than 35 ml gradually disappeared and the pregnancies continued until term. Three patients who had haematomas of more than 50 ml subsequently aborted or had a premature delivery.