title: Cornual ectopic pregnancy in a female with initial negative ultrasound.
abstract: Cornual pregnancies are a rare form of ectopic pregnancy that can be misdiagnosed as an intrauterine pregnancy via ultrasound. We report a 16-year-old adolescent girl with a cornual ectopic pregnancy and subsequent rupture in the emergency department.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. gutierrp@musc.edu
authors.forename: Peter S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: Madeline
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barabell
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Upshaw
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human / Q000652:urine; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004630:Emergencies; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000175:diagnosis; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery / Q000652:urine; D012307:Risk Factors; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D058994:Salpingectomy; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human