Incidental Detection of Interstitial Pregnancy on CT Imaging

Ectopic pregnancy is a potentially life-threatening condition. Detection of ectopic pregnancy on CT images is rare. In this case, we describe the CT findings of interstitial pregnancy both before and after rupture. If CT images demonstrate the presence of a strong enhancing ring-like mass in the pel...

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Autores principales: Shin, Byung Seok, Park, Mi-hyun
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Radiology 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20046504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2010.11.1.123
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description Ectopic pregnancy is a potentially life-threatening condition. Detection of ectopic pregnancy on CT images is rare. In this case, we describe the CT findings of interstitial pregnancy both before and after rupture. If CT images demonstrate the presence of a strong enhancing ring-like mass in the pelvis, ectopic pregnancy should be considered.
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spelling pubmed-27996422010-01-01 Incidental Detection of Interstitial Pregnancy on CT Imaging Shin, Byung Seok Park, Mi-hyun Korean J Radiol Case Report Ectopic pregnancy is a potentially life-threatening condition. Detection of ectopic pregnancy on CT images is rare. In this case, we describe the CT findings of interstitial pregnancy both before and after rupture. If CT images demonstrate the presence of a strong enhancing ring-like mass in the pelvis, ectopic pregnancy should be considered. The Korean Society of Radiology 2010 2009-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC2799642/ /pubmed/20046504 http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2010.11.1.123 Text en Copyright © 2010 The Korean Society of Radiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Incidental Detection of Interstitial Pregnancy on CT Imaging
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title_full Incidental Detection of Interstitial Pregnancy on CT Imaging
title_fullStr Incidental Detection of Interstitial Pregnancy on CT Imaging
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title_short Incidental Detection of Interstitial Pregnancy on CT Imaging
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799642/
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