Gravid Uterus And Fetus Flashcards
For targeted imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Best imaging modality used routinely to evaluate gravid uterus.
Ultrasound
Comprehensive examination
Level I
Confirm abnormalities seen in level I scan
Targeted or specialized or imaging for fetal anomaly
Level II
Special transducer for the examination
Earliest detection of intrauterine pregnancy
Best method for imaging 1st trimester of pregnancy
Transvaginal
Requires urinary bladder to be full
Best method for imaging 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy
Trans abdominal
Implantation of conceptus occurs usually in the fundal region of the uterus
between day 20-day 23 of menstrual cycle
Seen on endovaginal examination by 4-4.5 weeks after the last menstrual period.
Fertilized ovum implants into the decidualized endometrium.
Gestational sac burros into the endometrium.
Echogenic ring is seen eccentric to the linear interface of endometrial surfaces.
Intradecidual Sac Sign (IDDS)
Earliest sign seen on transabdominal examination
-two echogenic rings are seen within the endometrial cavity
Used to differentiate between intrauterine pregnancy and decidual cast of ectopic pregnancy
Double Decidual Sac Sign
Outer ring- decidual lining of the uterine cavity
Decidua parietalls
Inner ring- covering free margin of gestational sac
Decidua capsularis
Decidua basal is and chorlonic frondosum form the placenta
Decidua basalis
Presence of yolk sac within a gestational sac confirms
Intrauterine pregnancy
Yolk sac should be visible on transvaginal ultrasound by the time the mean sac diameter (MSD) of gestational sac is ?
8 mm
Non-visualization of yolk sac in presence of embryo demonstrable by endovaginal ultrasound is associated with ?
Intrauterine embryonic demise or missed abortion
First seen as a focal thickening of the yolk sac
Development of embryo
Embryo
Diamond ring sign
Earliest demonstration of Amninon
Double bleb formed by - yolk sac and amniotic sac
Double BLEB sign