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tubal ectopic pregnancy

Fetal implantation & development within the fallopian tube. Laboratory: - see ectopic pregnancy - elevated serum smooth muscle myosin with limited clinical utility an isolated marker for ectopic pregnancy [3] Management: 1) surgery 2) methotrexate 50 mg/m2 IM single dose [1,2] -> serum hCG < 15,000 mIU/mL associated with 95% success

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fallopian tube; uterine tube; oviduct

General

ectopic pregnancy

References

  1. Journal Watch 20(3):25, 2000
  2. Lipscomb et al NEJM 341:1974, 1999
  3. Birkhahn RH et al. Serum levels of smooth muscle heavy-chain myosin in patients with ectopic pregnancy. Ann Emerg Med 2000 Aug 36 101 -107 PMID: 10918100