OBJECTIVES First, to review normal embryonic development and the sonographic evidence of early pregnancy failure; second, to review sonographic evidence of ectopic pregnancy. OUTCOMES First, prediction of pregnancy failure, second, sonographic identification of ectopic pregnancy. EVIDENCE A MEDLINE search and review of bibliographies in identified articles was conducted. VALUES The eviden...

Uterine rupture often occurs in the third trimester of pregnancy or during labor. Its occurrence in early pregnancy and in the absence of any predisposing factors is very rare. Untimely diagnosis and a low index of suspicion could be life-threatening. Here we report the case of a 29-year-old woman with a history of two previous cesarean sections. An ultrasound report revealed a dead fetus in th...

The authors report a case in which a molar pregnancy was mistaken for an ectopic pregnancy in the early first trimester. This confusion delayed diagnosis and caused distress; follow-up led to the final diagnosis of complete hydatidiform mole. Correct preoperative diagnosis of molar pregnancy by ultrasound in early pregnancy may be tricky. It is important to obtain histological evidence to make ...

four fat-tailed ewes from an indoor flock (n=40) were examined for recumbency and depressive nervoussigns. they were from a seemingly nonpregnant group of the flock that had been diagnosed bytransabdominal ultrasonography. the ration consisted of mainly wheat straw since their separation from thepregnant group. detection of pregnancy on abdominal palpation along with depressive nervous signs an...