"Pregnancy, Ectopic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A potentially life-threatening condition in which EMBRYO IMPLANTATION occurs outside the cavity of the UTERUS. Most ectopic pregnancies (>96%) occur in the FALLOPIAN TUBES, known as TUBAL PREGNANCY. They can be in other locations, such as UTERINE CERVIX; OVARY; and abdominal cavity (PREGNANCY, ABDOMINAL).
Descriptor ID |
D011271
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MeSH Number(s) |
C13.703.733
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Concept/Terms |
Pregnancy, Ectopic- Pregnancy, Ectopic
- Ectopic Pregnancies
- Pregnancies, Ectopic
- Pregnancy, Extrauterine
- Extrauterine Pregnancies
- Extrauterine Pregnancy
- Pregnancies, Extrauterine
- Ectopic Pregnancy
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2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pregnancy, Ectopic" by people in Profiles.
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Avitabile NC, Kaban NL, Siadecki SD, Lewiss RE, Saul T. Two cases of heterotopic pregnancy: review of the literature and sonographic diagnosis in the emergency department. J Ultrasound Med. 2015 Mar; 34(3):527-30.
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Barash JH. In reply. Am Fam Physician. 2014 Dec 1; 90(11):752-3.
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Lewiss RE, Shaukat NM, Saul T. The endomyometrial thickness measurement for abnormal implantation evaluation by pelvic sonography. J Ultrasound Med. 2014 Jul; 33(7):1143-6.
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Egan DJ, Li M, Lewiss RE. Interstitial ectopic pregnancy presenting after failed termination of pregnancy. Emerg Med Australas. 2012 Oct; 24(5):573-6.
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Berghella V, Bamfo J. Editors' choice. BJOG. 2011 Dec; 118(13):i-ii.
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Moawad NS, Dayaratna S, Mahajan ST. Mini-cornual excision: a simple stepwise laparoscopic technique for the treatment of cornual pregnancy. JSLS. 2009 Jan-Mar; 13(1):87-91.
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Perriera L, Reeves MF. Ultrasound criteria for diagnosis of early pregnancy failure and ectopic pregnancy. Semin Reprod Med. 2008 Sep; 26(5):373-82.