Ultrasound Imaging

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Ultrasound image may reveal any, or all, of the following features:

• Empty uterus with thickened endometrium, more than 10 mm
• Sometimes there is a small sac within the uterus that looks like a gestational sac but this is smaller than expected and often has irregular borders. It is called a pseudo-gestational sac
• Adnexal mass – this may look like a gestational sac but often just looks like a tumour
• In less than 5% of cases, the pregnancy is alive and you may detect a heartbeat
• There may be fluid in the space behind the uterus (the pouch of Douglas) or, more generally, if the tube has ruptured. The fluid is mostly blood and therefore may contain echoes, representing blood clot. In this transverse view of the pelvis, the uterus is almost surrounded by blood clot

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