More Related Content Similar to Ectopic Pregnancy Similar to Ectopic Pregnancy (20) More from meducationdotnet More from meducationdotnet (20) Ectopic Pregnancy3. History of Presenting Complaint
• Abdominal pain
•Right Iliac Fossa
•3/52
•Intermittent, “crampy”
•No radiation
•Paracetamol – didn’t help
•Severity 5/10
•1 episode 10/10 for half an hour
4. • G2 P0
• Miscarriage at 18/40
Obs & Gynae History
• Regular unprotected sex
• LMP 6/52
• +ve pregnancy test 3/52
• Regular cycle 7/21
• Chlamydia when 23
• No smear history
5. Examination
Obs:
• HR 80
• BP 115/80
• RR 14
• Sats 99% on air
Abdo:
•Soft, no guarding
•Tender RIF
•Bowel Sounds
present
•Rovsing’s sign –ve
Speculum:
•Normal vulva & Vagina
•Small cyst @ 2 o’clock
on Cervix
•No evidence of
bleeding
•HVS & NAATs taken
Bimanual:
•No cervical
tenderness
•Right adenexal
tenderness
•No mass palpable
7. • Several small fibroids noted
• Spherical mass in right adnexa
Investigations - TVS
•20x15x20mm
•Yolk sac & 4mm fetal node
•Fetal heart pulsitations seen
•Small amount of free fluid
(βHCG >1500 & no sac seen on TVS)
11. • Expectant
– 88% resolve if βHCG <1000
– No acute symptoms, blood, fluid in PoD
Management
• Conservative
– Methotrexate
– <3.5cm, min symptoms, no fetal heart, βHCG <3000
• Surgical
– Laparotomy if urgent
– Laparoscopy preferred
19. Outcome
• Histology – confirmed POC
• Chlamydia/Gonorrhea negative
• βHCG 1243 (3 days later)
705 (7 days later)
20. Conclusion
“Always think of an ectopic in a sexually active
woman with abdominal pain, bleeding,
fainting, or diarrhoea and vomiting.”
(OHCS)