Second trimester uterine atony imitating ectopic pregnancy: magnetic resonance diagnosis.
When an obstetrical patient was referred for inability to auscultate fetal heart tones at 18 weeks' gestation, ultrasound identified a single living fetus in the maternal right upper quadrant. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ruled out a suspected uterine ectopic pregnancy and avoided laparotomy. The patient experienced an uncomplicated term delivery. MRI is a useful adjunct to ultrasound for mid-trimester pregnancy localization when the differential diagnosis includes uterine eccyesis.
Wax
J R
JR
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA 23708, USA.
Tempany
C M
CM
Slowey
M J
MJ
Smith
J F
JF
Floyd
R C
RC
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*