⭐️⭐️ALWAYS ✅pregnancy status in ANY ♀️ that COULD be pregnant.
⭐️Ectopic is often dx of exclusion!
+Pregnancy test
#1 IUP? Yes=Done No=too early, spont AB or ectopic
#2 bHCG? descrim level=3500*. >3500 =not too early
#3 bHCG trend? ⬇️=AB, ➡️/⬆️ = ectopic
*Some may ask bHCG of 3500?
2018 ACOG Practice bulletin rec raising descriminatory level to 3500 for a single quant bHCG when utilized with a transVAGINAL US in order to minimize the risk of overtreating o/w nl early IUPs with mtx. #FOAMed#radres#obgynjournals.lww.com/greenjournal/F…
Ectopic Pregnancy
-can be ANYWHERE but ~95% tubal (m/c ampulla)
-3% cornual/interstitial - present late ⬆️ risk of bleed
-~1% ovarian
-<1% cervical
-<1% "scar" (site of prior C-section)
-1% abdominal
⭐️empty uterus
-live extra-uterine gestation😁(rare)
-often see NOTHING
-⭐️complex mass adj to ovary(can resemble corpus luteum but CL is IN the ovary)
-tubal ring about sac
-Doppler ring of fire -seen with CL as well!
-endometrial fluid ie pseudogestational sac
Cervical Ectopic Trt
-IM mtx limited effect
-❌DNC❌ due to ⬆️risk of severe hemorrhage
-Intrasac mtx or KCL (if +hr)
-IR uterine artery embo
-hysterectomy
#WetreadCoW Case 11 Answer: Pseudomyxoma Peritonei
-accumulation of mucinous ascites from mucin producing tumor. This case is the classic mucinous appendiceal tumor s/p multiple debulking surgeries! #FOAMed#FOAMrad#Radres#bodyrad
-seroneg spondyloarthropathy (neg Rheum factor) ➡️ fusion of the spine, SI jts, pubic symphsysis, and sometimes other jts
- assoc w HLA B27 gene
-M>F
-usually presents 3rd-4th decade
-trt: NSAIDS, motion/exercise, TNF-alpha blockers
#WetreadCoW Case 8 Answer: Hepatic Adenoma w hemorrhage
Multiple hyperenhancing hepatic masses in a young female. Largest in L lobe w hyperdensity (blood)➡️irreg contour w mild extracapsular hemorrhage #FOAMrad#radres#bodyrad#ERrad
Hepatic Adenomas:
-Benign
-m/c hepatic tumor in young females classically on OCPs
-stimulated by estrogen (OCPs, obesity, anabolic steroid use)
-typically asymptomatic
-prone to hemorrhage even➡️exsanguination!