tubal ectopic pregnancy
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Introduction
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
- surgery
- methotrexate 50 mg/m2 IM single dose[1][2]
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References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Journal Watch 20(3):25, 2000
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Lipscomb et al NEJM 341:1974, 1999
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 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: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10918100