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*[[Chorionic villi]] have to be identified (in some location, e.g. [[Fallopian tube]]) to Dx a pregnancy. | *[[Chorionic villi]] have to be identified (in some location, e.g. [[Fallopian tube]]) to Dx a pregnancy. | ||
*[[Endometrium]]: decidual reaction, as seen in any pregnancy. | *[[Endometrium]]: decidual reaction, as seen in any pregnancy. | ||
Clinical: | |||
*Abdominal pain in woman of childbearing age. | |||
**''Every woman of childbearing age should be assumed pregnant until proven otherwise!''<ref name=pmid23210111>{{Cite journal | last1 = Doust | first1 = J. | title = A is for aphorism - a woman is pregnant until proven otherwise. | journal = Aust Fam Physician | volume = 41 | issue = 10 | pages = 827 | month = Oct | year = 2012 | doi = | PMID = 23210111 }}</ref> | |||
*Beta-hCG elevated but may be relatively low (<100 IU/L) even in the context of rupture.<ref name=pmid9207811>{{Cite journal | last1 = Saxon | first1 = D. | last2 = Falcone | first2 = T. | last3 = Mascha | first3 = EJ. | last4 = Marino | first4 = T. | last5 = Yao | first5 = M. | last6 = Tulandi | first6 = T. | title = A study of ruptured tubal ectopic pregnancy. | journal = Obstet Gynecol | volume = 90 | issue = 1 | pages = 46-9 | month = Jul | year = 1997 | doi = 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00180-4 | PMID = 9207811 }}</ref> | |||
*Typical gestational age (GA) for a tubal pregnancy ~ 5-9 weeks.<ref name=pmid9207811/> | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||
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Image:Ectopic pregnancy -- low mag.jpg | EP - low mag. (WC) | Image:Ectopic pregnancy -- low mag.jpg | EP - low mag. (WC) | ||
Image:Ectopic pregnancy -- intermed mag.jpg | EP - intermed. mag. (WC) | Image:Ectopic pregnancy -- intermed mag.jpg | EP - intermed. mag. (WC) | ||
Image:Ectopic pregnancy -- high mag.jpg | EP - high mag. (WC) | |||
Image:Ectopic pregnancy - decidua -- intermed mag.jpg | EP - intermed. mag. (WC) | Image:Ectopic pregnancy - decidua -- intermed mag.jpg | EP - intermed. mag. (WC) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||