A Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy Presenting with a Negative Urine Pregnancy Test
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Ruptured ectopic pregnancy with a negative urine pregnancy test.
Ectopic pregnancy is commonly seen as a differential diagnosis of first-trimester vaginal bleeding. Often the diagnosis is made based on a combination of exam findings, transvaginal ultrasound, and a positive pregnancy test. Our case describes a patient with a history of ectopic pregnancy treated with methotrexate and serial human chorionic gonadotropin measurements that were decreasing appropr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2090-648X,2090-6498
DOI: 10.1155/2016/7154713