Under normal circumstances, the fetus grows and develops inside the mother's uterus. Ectopic pregnancy is a common phenomenon, but it is very dangerous and sometimes endangers the life of the pregnant woman. Therefore, if there is suspicion of ectopic pregnancy, it is necessary to go to the hospital for relevant examinations. So, what does the vaginal ultrasound show for ectopic pregnancy?
During ectopic pregnancy, a negative ultrasound will show the presence of a mass in the adnexa area. If there is a mass, ectopic pregnancy is usually the first consideration. Subsequently, fornix puncture is the method for diagnosing ectopic pregnancy. This is because blood in the abdominal cavity is most likely to accumulate in the rectovaginal cavity, and even if the amount of blood is not large, it can be extracted through fornix puncture to identify ectopic pregnancy.
Under normal circumstances, when an embryo is implanted in the uterine cavity after pregnancy, it is called intrauterine pregnancy. If it is implanted somewhere outside the uterine cavity, it is called ectopic pregnancy, also known as ectopic pregnancy in medicine. Among ectopic pregnancies, tubal pregnancy is the most common.
The surviving fertilized egg in a tubal pregnancy sheds into the abdominal cavity and occasionally continues to grow on visceral organs such as the greater omentum, forming an abdominal pregnancy; If a fertilized egg implanted in the fallopian tube separates from the tube wall and flows into the abdominal cavity, it forms a miscarriage of the fallopian tube pregnancy. If the chorionic villi of the fertilized egg penetrate the tube wall and rupture, it forms a rupture of the fallopian tube pregnancy. Both can cause intra-abdominal bleeding, but the latter is more serious, often resulting in excessive bleeding and even endangering life.
