Modayil Veena, Ash Adam, Raio Christopher
Department of Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, USA.
J Emerg Med. 2011 Dec;41(6):655-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.05.048. Epub 2011 Aug 4.
Although rare, cervical ectopic pregnancy (EP) represents a potentially lethal variation of a common first-trimester disease entity.
We report a case of low abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding diagnosed as a cervical EP by point-of-care ultrasound.
Familiarity with cervical EP and its sonographic appearance is essential for emergency physicians because it can be easily mistaken for an intrauterine pregnancy or other obstetric/gynecologic pathology, such as an incomplete abortion or nabothian cyst. The management of each of these differs substantially, making accurate diagnosis crucial.