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Large intrauterine haematomata in threatened miscarriage. Frequency and clinical consequences
Author(s) -
PEDERSEN JAN FOG,
MANTONI MARGIT
Publication year - 1990
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.1471-0528.1990.tb01720.x
Subject(s) - miscarriage , obstetrics , pregnancy , medicine , gestation , vaginal bleeding , threatened species , gynecology , biology , ecology , genetics , habitat
Summary. Previously we described intrauterine haematomata seen with ultrasound in patients with threatened miscarriage and we suggested that a haematoma of ≥50 ml might represent a risk to the pregnancy. We have now investigated 566 patients with vaginal bleeding in the first half of pregnancy and followed up 23 (4%) who had a haematoma of ≥50ml (mean 71 ml, range 50–150) at between 12 and 20 weeks gestation. One patient had a miscarriage and two had a preterm delivery, so that, contrary to our original suggestion, these large haematomata do not seem to represent any serious threat to the pregnancy.