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Re: Ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage, gestational sac visible

From: Claudia Twisdale RN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 5 Apr 2003 12:54:12 -0600 (CST)


If the sac is in the uterus and not the tube it is not an ectopic

At Sat, 5 Apr 2003, Tatiana wrote: >
>I had a previous ectopic removed through laproscopy but the tube
>preserved (the ectopic was first misdiagnosed as miscarriage). A year
>later I became pregnant through the right tube (the same tube that was
>operated one). My hormones at 4 weeks, 3 days were HCG 179,
>Progesterone 82. At 5 weeks, 4 days the gestational sac was visible on
>the transvanginal ultrasound, diameter 4mm. At 6 weeks 3 days, the
>gestational sac only grew to diameter 4.7mm, no yolk sac was visible,
>HCG was 199, Progesterone fell to 33. Doctor said it will be a
>miscarriage as he were sure that the gestational sac was not pseudo.
>Could the doctor be mistaken, this gestational sac be a pseudo sac (as
>yolk sac was not visible) and I am having an ectopic pregnancy? or do
>the symptoms above clearly rule out the ectopic? Thank you.
>
>--
>Tatiana
>




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