HETEROTOPIC PREGNANCY MISDIAGNOSED AS ACUTE APPENDICITIS

Abstract

The diagnosis of heterotopic pregnancy is usually more difficult than the other obstetric emergencies, necessitating a thorough anamnesis and a high diagnostic suspicion, followed by the utilization of ultrasonography as the most valuable diagnostic tool. In this report the intraoperative finding of a heterotopic pregnancy in an adult female patient was presented while being operated by the general surgeon with the working diagnosis of acute appendicitis under emergency conditions.

Keywords

• heterotopic
• pregnancy
• appendicitis

AKUT APANDİSİT ÖN TANISIYLA GÖZDEN KAÇIRILMIŞ HETEROTOPİK GEBELİK

Abstract

Heterotopik gebeliğin tanısı diğer obstetrik acillere kıyasla daha zordur, anamnezin detaylı olarak alınmasını ve yüksek düzeyde klinik şüphelenmeyi gerektirir. Tanıda en değerli yöntem ise ultrasonografidir. Bu yazıda akut batın sebebiyle akut apandisit ön tanısı konulup genel cerrahi kliniği tarafından opere edilen ve operasyon sırasında istenen konsültasyon sonunda heterotopik gebelik tanısı konulan bir olgu sunulmaktadır

Keywords

• Heterotopik gebelik
• apandisit

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