Sonographic diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy as a gynecological-obstetric emergency

Authors

  • Tania Plaza González Especialista de Primer Grado de Medicina General Integral e Imagenología. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado" Pinar del Río.
  • Samael Suero Almonte Especialista de Primer Grado de Medicina General Integral. Residente de Tercer año de Imagenología. Instructor. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado" Pinar del Río.
  • Miriam Musa Musa Rodríguez Especialista de Segundo Grado de Imagenología. Máster en Atención Integral a la Mujer en APS. Profesora Titular. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado" Pinar del Río.
  • Juan José Montano Especialista de Primer Grado de Imagenología. Máster en Atención Integral a la Mujer en APS. Asistente. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado" Pinar del Río.
  • Ceramides Lidia Almora Carbonel Especialista de Primer Grado Medicina General Integral. Máster en Procederes Diagnósticos en APS. Instructora. Hospital General Docente "Abel Santamaría Cuadrado" Pinar del Río.

Keywords:

Ectopic pregnancy/diagnosis, Ultrasonography, Emergencies.

Abstract

A descriptive, longitudinal, cross-sectional study which included patients operated on ectopic pregnancy at "Abel Santamaria Cuadrado" University Hospital, Pinar del Rio was conducted from January 1st, 2010 to December 31, 2010. All patients discharged from the hospital with sonographic diagnosis and having post-operative histological diagnosis of this entity were included in the study. The ectopic pregnancy was more frequent found, (in the period of the study) in women from 20 to 29 years old, tubal localization prevailed in Caucasian race having a physical condition of broken ectopic pregnancy, the most frequent presentation observed in sonographic images were intrabdominal free fluids and a mass in annexa.

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Published

2011-10-01

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Plaza González T, Suero Almonte S, Musa Rodríguez MM, Montano JJ, Almora Carbonel CL. Sonographic diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy as a gynecological-obstetric emergency. Rev Ciencias Médicas [Internet]. 2011 Oct. 1 [cited 2025 Sep. 19];15(3):73-80. Available from: https://revcmpinar.sld.cu/index.php/publicaciones/article/view/800

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Vol. 15 No. 3 (2011)

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