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Ultrasound: First-Line Imaging in the Setting of Pregnancy

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When doing an initial imaging assessment

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of a pregnant patient, ultrasound

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is the first-line imaging modality.

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Ultrasound is the first-line

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imaging modality in pregnancy.

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It's a great tool for us to use for

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pregnant patients because it's readily

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available and it does not use ionizing

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radiation, as is the case with CT.

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As we saw in the previous cases,

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we can get really high-resolution

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images of the uterus and ovaries on

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transabdominal and transvaginal imaging.

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And so ultrasound is excellent for

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evaluation of pregnancies, particularly in

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the first trimester when we're assessing

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for embryonic and fetal viability and any

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complications which may occur, which happen

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more frequently in the first trimester.

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This is a 3D ultrasound of

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a first trimester pregnancy.

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We can see the embryo here

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with an early umbilical cord.

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This is the yolk sac.

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This is the uterine myometrium and chorion.

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And then this is the gestational sac,

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which is filled with amniotic fluid.

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And we also see a small amount of the amnion.

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Faculty

Erin Gomez, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Tags

Women's Health

Uterus

Ultrasound

Gynecologic (Gyn)

Gynecologic (GYN)

Genitourinary (GU)

Body

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