Differential diagnosis for PV bleeding in pregnancy
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Uterine bleeding during pregnancy is a common clinical presentation that often necessitates obstetric ultrasound for the assessment of the haemorrhage, and of fetal well being.
The potential causes vary with the stage of gestation.
Bleeding in the first trimester
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miscarriage
- threatened miscarriage: with or without identifiable subchorionic haemorrhage
- missed miscarriage
- incomplete miscarriage
- subchorionic haemorrhage
- ectopic pregnancy
- gestational trophoblastic disease
- demise of a twin
- implantation bleeding
Bleeding in second and third trimesters
See also
-<li>-<a href="/articles/threatened-miscarriage">threatened miscarriage</a> : with or without identifiable <a href="/articles/subchorionic-haemorrhage-2">subchorionic haemorrhage</a>- +<li>threatened miscarriage: with or without identifiable <a href="/articles/subchorionic-haemorrhage-2">subchorionic haemorrhage</a>
-<li><a href="/articles/vasa-praevia-1">vasa previa</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/vasa-praevia-1">vasa previa</a></li>
- +<li><a href="/articles/uterine-rupture">uterine rupture</a></li>