Acute abdomen in pregnancy: role of sonography.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this presentation is to review the role of sonography in evaluation of acute abdomen during pregnancy.


METHODS
Illustrative cases were collected from gravid patients who presented with signs and symptoms suspicious for acute abdomen and subsequently underwent sonography.


RESULTS
This presentation shows sonographic findings of various maternal complications that can present with acute abdominal pain in pregnant patients.


CONCLUSIONS
Sonography remains the first line of imaging in pregnant patients presenting with acute abdomen. Patient triage or additional imaging may be obtained on the basis of the sonographic findings.
Glanc
Phyllis
P
Department of Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, ON, Canada. phyllis.glanc@sunnybrook.ca
Maxwell
Cynthia
C
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