Pseudogestational sac
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A pseudoPseudo-gestational sac is only important as it can be erroneously interpreted as a true gestational sac. This is especially dangerous if in the setting of positive pregnancy test and abdominal pain, if an ectopic pregnancy is to be excluded as a result of what is thought to be an intrauterine pregnancy.
Typically a pseudo-gestational sac is simply a small focal accumulation of fluid within the uterine cavity.
Radiographic features
Ultrasound
- often seen as a intrauterine fluid collection surrounded by a single decidual layer 5
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Itit is typically located centrally, does not demonstrate a yolk sac and does not have a double decidual sign.
It should be distinguished from an intra-decidual sign, which is also a sign of an early pregnancy.
-<p>A <strong>pseudo-gestational sac</strong> is only important as it can be erroneously interpreted as a true <a href="/articles/gestational_sac">gestational sac</a>. This is especially dangerous if in the setting of positive pregnancy test and abdominal pain, if an <a href="/articles/ectopic_pregnancy">ectopic pregnancy</a> is to be excluded as a result of what is thought to be an intrauterine pregnancy. </p><p>Typically a pseudo-gestational sac is simply a small focal accumulation of fluid within the uterine cavity. </p><h4>Radiographic features</h4><h5>Ultrasound</h5><ul>-<li>often seen as a intrauterine fluid collection surrounded by a single decidual layer <sup>5</sup>. </li>-<li>It is typically located centrally, does not demonstrate a <a href="/articles/yolk-sac">yolk sac</a> and does not have a <a href="/articles/double-decidual-sac-sign-1">double decidual sign</a>.</li>-</ul><p>It should be distinguished from an <a href="/articles/intra-decidual-sac-sign" title="intradecidual sign">intra-decidual sign</a>, which is also a sign of an <a href="/articles/early_pregnancy" title="Early pregnancy">early pregnancy</a>. </p>- +<p><strong>Pseudo-gestational sac</strong> is only important as it can be erroneously interpreted as a true <a href="/articles/gestational-sac">gestational sac</a>. This is especially dangerous if in the setting of positive pregnancy test and abdominal pain, if an <a href="/articles/ectopic-pregnancy">ectopic pregnancy</a> is to be excluded as a result of what is thought to be an intrauterine pregnancy.</p><p>Typically a pseudo-gestational sac is simply a small focal accumulation of fluid within the uterine cavity. </p><h4>Radiographic features</h4><h5>Ultrasound</h5><ul>
- +<li>often seen as a intrauterine fluid collection surrounded by a single decidual layer <sup>5</sup>
- +</li>
- +<li>it is typically located centrally, does not demonstrate a <a href="/articles/yolk-sac">yolk sac</a> and does not have a <a href="/articles/double-decidual-sac-sign-1">double decidual sign</a>.</li>
- +</ul><p>It should be distinguished from an <a href="/articles/intra-decidual-sac-sign">intra-decidual sign</a>, which is also a sign of an <a href="/articles/early-pregnancy">early pregnancy</a>.</p>
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