title: Revisiting ectopic pregnancy: a pictorial essay.
abstract: Ectopic pregnancies occur in approximately 1.4% of all pregnancies and account for 15% of pregnancy-related deaths. Considering the high degree of mortality, recognizing an ectopic pregnancy is important. Signs and symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy are nonspecific and include pain, vaginal bleeding, and an adnexal mass. Therefore, imaging can play a critical role in diagnosis. There are different types of ectopic pregnancies, which are tubal, cornual, cesarean scar, cervical, heterotopic, abdominal, and ovarian. Initial imaging evaluation of pregnant patients with pelvic symptoms is by ultrasonography, transabdominal, transvaginal or both. We review the sonographic appearance of different types of ectopic pregnancies that will aid in accurate and prompt diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Winthrop University Hospital, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Artemis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petrides
authors.affiliation: Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, Winthrop University Hospital, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dinglas
authors.affiliation: Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, Winthrop University Hospital, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chavez
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Winthrop University Hospital, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Winthrop University Hospital, New York, USA ; Department of Radiology, SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahboob
keywords: Cervical; cesarean scar; cornual; heterotopic; ultrasonography of ectopic pregnancy