Affiliations 

  • 1 MB BCH BAO (Ire), MMed Family Medicine (UPM), Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia Selangor, Malaysia. Email: ilafadzilah@upm.edu.my
  • 2 MBBCh (Ain Shams University), MMed Obstetrics and Gynaecology (USM), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 MB BCH BAO (Ire), MMed Family Medicine (UKM), Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 4 MD (UPM), MMed Family Medicine (UM), Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 5 MD (UPM), MMed Family Medicine (UPM), Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Malays Fam Physician, 2021 Mar 25;16(1):121-123.
PMID: 33948151 DOI: 10.51866/cr1117

Abstract

Ectopic pregnancy is an extra-uterine pregnancy and is a potentially life-threatening condition that can lead to death from intra-peritoneal hemorrhage. This case reports a rare occurrence of ruptured tubal pregnancy in which the patient presented early with abdominal pain and a negative urine pregnancy test but subsequently presented again with evidence of intra-peritoneal hemorrhage. A negative urine pregnancy test is often used to rule out pregnancy, but it is not 100% sensitive. Complete assessment is critical in this important diagnosis in order to plan for the appropriate emergency management.

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