Saturday, August 3, 2013

USS in early pregnancy

• An intra-uterine gestation sac is usually visualised by trans-vaginal scanning at HCG >1500 IU/l 
and by trans-abdominal scanning at HCG >6000IU/l
• A pseudo-sac is identified in 10-20% of ectopic pregnancies



Addendum to GTG No 25 (Oct 2006): 
The Management of Early Pregnancy Loss

 Ultrasound diagnosis of miscarriage should only be considered with a mean gestation sac diameter >/= 25mm (with no obvious yolk sac), or with a fetal pole with crown rump length >/=7mm (the latter without evidence of fetal heart activity)
 

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