ABSTRACT
In order to evaluate the clinical and sonographic findings in 60 patients with ectopic pregnancy confirmed at laparotomy, we carried out a prospective study at the Hospital de Gineco-Obstetricia del Centro Médico León, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. The patients were 28.17 years old, average. The ectopic pregnancy was more common in multiparous women (80%) than in nuliparous ones. The obstetric risk factors more frequent were abortion (26.6%) and use of intrauterine device (23.3%). The clinical sign reported most common was pelvic pain, referred in 48 patients (80%). Hemodynamic changes were detected in 21.6% of the cases. The ultrasound findings were seen in most of the patients and heterogeneous adnexal mass was observed in 91.6% of them, moreover intraperitoneal fluid was reported in 61.6% of the patients with ectopic pregnancy. The heterogeneous adnexal mass had a direct relationship with the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy and had a correlation coefficient value R = 0.99 (P < 0.01). The ultrasonographic findings seen with transvaginal technique were similar than those obtained through transabdominal procedure. We conclude that ultrasonography has a definite role in improving the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy.
