Diagnosis of an Interstitial Pregnancy with 3-dimensional Transvaginal Sonography.
- Author:
Ji Young KWON
1
;
In Yang PARK
;
Seong Jin HWANG
;
Chan Joo KIM
;
Chang Yi KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. ooooobbbbb@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Interstitial pregnancy;
Three-dimensional sonography;
Laparoscopic operation
- MeSH:
Amenorrhea;
Animals;
Diagnosis*;
Early Diagnosis;
Female;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Mice;
Myometrium;
Pregnancy*;
Pregnancy, Ectopic;
Rupture;
Uterine Artery
- From:Korean Journal of Perinatology
2007;18(3):286-291
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Interstitial pregnancy is an ectopic pregnancy which is located in the intramural portion of the tube covered by myometrium. Rupture usually results in catastrophic hemorrhage, since there is an anastomosis of uterine artery and tuboovarian vessels. Therefore, the early diagnosis is important to decrease maternal morbidity. However, the diagnosis using the conventional 2-dimensional transvaginal sonography has some difficulties in differentiation from corneal pregnancy. In this case, we diagnosed an interstitial pregnancy using the 3-dimensional sonography in a woman with amenorrhea for 7 weeks and 1 days, which was resected through laparoscopic operation. The 3-dimensional sonography has a potential role to define the location of pregnancy implanted on the outer site of uterine fundus.
