title: Magnetic resonance imaging and angiography for the prerupture diagnosis of rudimentary uterine horn pregnancy.
abstract: Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and MR angiography were used for the differential diagnosis and preoperative planning of a 17 weeks of age rudimentary horn pregnancy. A 26-year-old primigravida was referred to our hospital with a preliminary diagnosis of abdominal pregnancy. After an inconclusive ultrasound evaluation we were able to identify a rudimentary horn pregnancy, extent of the placental invasion, and the vascular supply via MR imaging and time of flight sequence MR angiography. The obtained data were also used for preoperative planning, which resulted in an uncomplicated, prerupture laparotomy for pregnancy termination and a healthy female.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kocaeli University, Izmit, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozeren
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caliskan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corakci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demirci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011269:Pregnancy, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities*