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Cornual ectopic pregnancy in a female with initial negative ultrasound.

Gutierrez, Peter S; Lewis, Madeline; Barabell, Gregory; Upshaw, Jana.

Pediatr Emerg Care ; 27(12): 1182-4, 2011 Dec.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22158281

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Cornual pregnancies are a rare form of ectopic pregnancy that can be misdiagnosed as an intrauterine pregnancy via ultrasound. We report a 16-year-old adolescent girl with a cornual ectopic pregnancy and subsequent rupture in the emergency department.

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Abdomen, Acute/etiology , Diagnostic Errors , Emergencies , Pregnancy, Ectopic/diagnostic imaging , Adolescent , Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human/urine , Diagnosis, Differential , False Negative Reactions , Female , Fetal Death/diagnosis , Foodborne Diseases/diagnosis , Hemoperitoneum/etiology , Humans , Laparoscopy , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications/etiology , Pregnancy, Ectopic/surgery , Pregnancy, Ectopic/urine , Risk Factors , Rupture, Spontaneous , Salpingectomy , Syncope/etiology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Ultrasonography

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