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extrauterine gestation - pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus

eccyesis, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine pregnancy, metacyesis

maternity, pregnancy, gestation - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

abdominal pregnancy - ectopic pregnancy in the abdominal cavity

ovarian pregnancy - ectopic pregnancy in the ovary

tubal pregnancy - ectopic pregnancy in a Fallopian tube

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References in periodicals archive

Ectopic pregnancy and extrauterine gestation are life-threatening emergencies that require timely diagnosis and treatment.

What you should know about heterotopic pregnancy; with increasing use of ART and a rising incidence of ectopic pregnancy, the phenomenon of coexisting intrauterine and extra-uterine gestations is becoming much less rare

Although transabdominal and transvaginal imaging cannot always conclusively identify an extrauterine gestation at the moment it is suspected to exist, sonographic evaluation is the examination of first choice in most cases.

Emergency ultrasound for ectopic pregnancy

Identification of an extrauterine gestation sac confirms the diagnosis of an ectopic pregnancy, whereas definitive findings for an intrauterine pregnancy effectively excludes this diagnosis.

Diagnosis of acute pelvic pain

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