title: Ultrasound diagnosis of heterotopic pregnancy with viable fetuses.
abstract: Combined pregnancy is an under-estimated and increasing clinical condition. Its recognition is usually made post-operatively. Ultrasound findings are not specific. Diagnosis is possible only when the cardiac activity of the extrauterine and intrauterine fetus can be detected. In the literature, 18 pre-operative sonographic demonstrations of such cases are reported. A correct echographic assessment can show a definite diagnosis or indicate a diagnostic laparoscopy minimizing maternal morbidity and mortality and improving the prognosis of the intrauterine fetus. In this report, ultrasound diagnostic aspects are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ceci
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Caradonna
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loizzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lobascio
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Bratta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferreri
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Capursi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Varcaccio-Garofalo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal