Diagnostic Ultrasound - Abdomen and Pelvis

Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy
Diagnoses: Female Pelvis
(Left) Transverse transvaginal
ultrasound shows a
gestational sac outside of
the adjacent empty uterus ſt.
Note the embryo in the
gestational sac st. (Right)
Transverse oblique M-mode
ultrasound in the same patient
shows cardiac activity in the
live ectopic.
(Left) Sagittal oblique
transvaginal ultrasound shows
a heterogeneous mass in the
right adnexa . (Right)
Transverse color Doppler
ultrasound in the same patient
shows a ring of vascular flow
st, which aides in localization
of the tubal ring ſt that is
obscured by the surrounding
clot .
(Left) Magnified transverse
ultrasound of the tubal ring in
the same patient
demonstrates an embryo
(calipers) in the ruptured
ectopic. (Right) Sagittal
transvaginal ultrasound shows
the empty uterus st with a
large amount of echogenic
free fluid ſt in the cul-de-sac.
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