'Ectopic', 'Extrasensory' and 'Pregnancy Test'

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...

Molar Pregnancy Presents as Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy

Ectopic Pregnancy E.P.

حاملگی نابجا به مواردی اطلاق می شود که لانه گزینی بلاستوسیت در هر مکانی خارج از حفره رحمی صورت گیرد. مکان هایی که تاکنون در آنها چنین ضایعه ای پدید آمده عبارتند از : حاملگی لوله ای، حاملگی شکمی، حاملگی گردن رحم و مکان های دیگر. هر چند که در این میان بیش از ۹۵٪ حاملگی های نابجا در لوله رحمی اتفاق می افتد، ولی حاملگی نابجا مترادف حاملگی لوله ای نیست، لکن متداولترین نوع آن می باشد.

IUDs and Ectopic Pregnancy

To the Editor: The review of Xu Xiong, Pierre Buekens and Elisabeth Wollast’ on IUD use and the risk of ectopic pregnancy is an interesting attempt to analyze disparate material covering a wide time span and global data. The two conclusions that 1) with an odds ratio of 1.06 “Current IUD use did not enhance the risk of ectopic pregnancy” among non-pregnant women and 2) with an odds ratio of 1.4...

Ectopic Pregnancy and Methotrexate

Objectives: Methotrexate is commonly used in the treatment of ectopic pregnancy. Outcomes with a suboptimal drop in human chorionic gonadotrophic (hCG) level are unknown. This study aimed to determine the optimal cutoff value for hCG drop in detecting treatment success, to investigate the predictors of success, and to evaluate outcome following a single dose of methotrexate as treatment of ecto...