Diagnosis of an abortion complication by ultrasound
โ Scribed by Jon R. Snyder; Arthur Fougner; William Wolff; Ancel Blaustein
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 189 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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Ultrasound examination of the pelvis is a valuable diagnostic tool in therapeutic abortion. The following case demonstrates, for the first time to our knowledge, the use of pelvic ultrasound in the treatment of uterine perforation and large hematoma formation following therapeutic abortion. Evacuati
## Abstract A case of placental chorioangioma is reported. To our knowledge, this is the first case diagnosed prenatally by ultrasonography. The complications of chorioangiomas include hydramnios, antepartum hemorrhage and premature labor, fetal demise, low birth weight and toxemia.
Pleural fluid accumulations form an unusual finding in the fetus, and when present at delivery have a mortality rate of 15%.' Most of the cases diagnosed during pregnancy have had hydrothorax associated with generalized hydrops fetalis (ascites, skin edema, pericardial effusion). In these cases the