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Diagnosis of abortion

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Ultrasonography of a women with threatened abortion will determine whether the gestation sac and the foetus have survived.

The "blighted ovum" syndrome is the finding of an empty gestation sac - the embryo having died from some congenital defect.

When there is abortion of a twin pregnancy, ultrasound will show whether one or both of the foetuses have died.


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