Sonography in the First Trimester Basic Embryology
1mm Sac
G. William Shepherd PhD, RDMS, RVT
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Embryonic Timeline Embryology Terms
Gamete ------Before fertilization Ovulation: Day 14-16 Zygote ------After fertilization Fertilization: Day 14-16 Morula ------16 -32 Cells (18 Days) Zygote to Morula: Day 16-18 Week 3 Blastocyst ------20 Days Morula to Blastocyst: Day 18-19 Embryonic Disc --- 28 Days Implantation: Day 19-20 Ultrasound Detection --- 31 Days
Earliest Heart Beat ------36 Days
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Yolk Sac Formation: 4w1d Goals for a 1st Trimester Scan
Visualization and localization of the gestational sac Determination of viability Determination of the # of embryos & viability Estimation of gestational age Determination of any detectable anomalies
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1 Earliest Definite Ultrasound Visualization: 31days
4W6D coronal
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“Double Sac” Sign
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“Double Sac” Sign
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Estimation of Gestational Age 5 weeks by LMP from the MSD (mean sac diameter)
Age in Days (by LMP) = (L+W+H) + 30 3
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5w0d by LMP 5 weeks 6 days by LMP
1cm 4mm + x x 6mm +
xx 13mm Width (from trv image) = 6 ++ 11mm 6+6+4 divided by 3 = 5.3, +30 = 35.3d or 5w Width 15mm MSD 13 = 43d =6w1d
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Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Beta Chorionic Gonadotropin Levels
Made by trophoblastic cells MSD Age (weeks) HCG Level Detectable after implantation 2mm 5.0 1,164 5mm 5.4 1,932 Doubling time every 2-3 days 10mm 6.0 4,478 Correlates well with embryonic and sac size 15mm CRL 6.6 10,379 Level maximizes at about 8 weeks 20mm 7.3 24,060 Max level is about 50,000 -100,000 IU/L Declines after 10-12 weeks * Filly, in Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology, ed Callen, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1994.
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3 4-5mm Embryonic Timeline
Week 6: Heartbeat will be detectable during this week. This is the neural tube stage x Weeks 6-10: Essentially all of the tissues and organs x of the embryo will form during this period. Week 11: All of the organs are present and all but a portion of the bowel and the external genitalia are in their final positions. Week 12: The bowel will reenter the fetal abdomen.
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5w5d 6w1d CRL and Gestational Age
CRL Gest. Age CRL Gest. Age 2mm 5.7 weeks 60mm 12.5 weeks 4 6.1 70 13.2 8 6.7 80 14.0 10 7.2 90 14.9 15 7.9 100 15.9 20 8.6 110 16.9 25 9.2 130 17.9 30 9.9 40 10.9 Hadlock et al 50 11.7 Radiology 18: 501, 1992
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6w3d
2mm
Yolk sac and the Early Embryo
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4 Embryonic Period 8w CRL = 18mm 8w3d
Oblique Scanning Plane Fluid?
Fluid?
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Don’t include the yolk sac in the CRL
13mm
7w2d
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Be aware of fetal position
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5 6w1d 7w4d
8w4d 10w3d 31 32
Manipulation of Transducer for CRL After 13 weeks use BPD, HC, AC, and FL
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Skeletal Development 10w3d
8w2d 9w3d
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Indications for a First Trimester Scan Significance of the Yolk Sac
Vaginal bleeding Earliest landmark in the early gestational sac
Size and date discrepancy Identifies an IUP
No heart tones Helps to locate the embryo and heart beat
Pelvic pain Should be round and “cystic” 3-6mm
Accurate dating for future C-section 1 yolk sac per embryo, can help identify monoamnionic twins History of an anomaly Should disappear by 12 weeks Trauma
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7 Week Embryo 7 Week Embryo
Yolk Sac
Amnion
Chorionic Fluid Amniotic Fluid
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Yolk Sac Too big
Yolk Sac 1 cm
1.5 cm
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7 Vaginal Bleeding (1st Trimester)
Implantation Bleed Abortion Subchorionic Hemorrhage Placental Previa Ectopic Pregnancy Blighted Ovum Compressed Yolk Sac
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The future Jen Shepherd Implantation Bleed
Most common cause of 1st trimester vaginal bleeding Generally not significant Sonolucent area between the chorion and uterus (near the internal os)
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Vaginal Bleeding (1st Trimester) Subchorionic Bleeds
Can be behind the placenta Implantation Bleed Can be behind the chorion lavae Subchorionic Hemorrhage Can be behind the chorionic plate of the placenta Abortion Prognosis depends upon the cause and how much Placental Previa of the placenta is involved: >1/3 prognosis worsens Ectopic Pregnancy
Blighted Ovum
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8 1/4 of placenta is separated from uterus
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8w2d
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Blighted Ovum: Arrested or absent development of Vaginal Bleeding: 1st Trimester the embryonic pole (trophoblasts develop)
Implantation Bleed
Subchorionic Hemorrhage
Blighted Ovum Placental Previa
Ectopic Pregnancy
Abortion
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9 Growth will fall off No embryo HCG will level off or Yolk Sac Sac may move toward Cx
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Trophoblastic ring may become irregular and thin < 2mm
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Placenta Previa Vaginal Bleeding: 1st Trimester 12w2d
Implantation Bleed
Abortion
Subchorionic Hemorrhage Placental Previa
Ectopic Pregnancy
Blighted Ovum
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10 Vaginal Bleeding: 1st Trimester Glossary of 1st Trimester Terms
Abortion: Premature expulsion of the gestation Implantation Bleed from the uterus
Abortion Incomplete Abortion: The expulsion of only a Subchorionic Hemorrhage portion of the gestational products from the uterus
Placental Previa
Ectopic Pregnancy
Blighted Ovum
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Retained Products of Conception
Inevitable Abortion
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Findings for Embryonic Demise Findings for Embryonic Demise Old Criteria No Sac Growth on Serial Exams The Findings Below Depend upon Body Habitus and Type of Transducer, Endovag or transabd A 7 -10 day interval between scans is recommended No Sac Growth on Serial Exams Give the embryo a chance No Cardiac Pulsations in a 5mm Embryo EV scanning is always best No Embryo Seen in a Sac 25mm MSD Abdallah et al US Obstet & Gynecol 2011 No Yolk Sac Seen in a 20mm MSD Sac
Trophoblastic Ring is not Intact
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11 The Gestational Sac Grows about 1mm/Day 1 Week Should Give a Statistically Significant Increase in MSD Findings for Embryonic Demise Jan 4 Jan 11 Slow Cardiac Pulsations in a 5 (now 7) mm Embryo in an endovaginal ultrasound examination
MSD = 3mm MSD = 10mm 67 68
Reading an M-Mode Findings for Embryonic Demise
No Cardiac Pulsations in a 9mm Embryo in a transabdominal ultrasound examination
1 second 1 second M-Mode No Heart-beat
Heart rate only 60 bpm Heart rate 160 bpm
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Video Clips Video Clips
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Findings for Embryonic Demise No Embryo Seen in a Sac 18 (now 25) mm MSD in an endovaginal ultrasound examination
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13 Findings for Embryonic Demise Findings for Embryonic Demise No Embryo Seen in a Sac 25mm MSD in an No Yolk Sac Seen in a 10mm MSD Gestational Sac transabdominal or EV ultrasound examination with endovaginal scanning
Was 20mm
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Findings for Embryonic Demise New Criteria for Embryonic Demise No Yolk Sac Seen in a 20mm No Sac Growth on Serial Exams MSD Gestational Sac with No Cardiac Pulsations in a 7 mm Embryo* transabdominal scanning No Cardiac Pulsations in a 9mm Embryo **
No Embryo Seen in a Sac 25 mm MSD* MSD 25mm No Embryo Seen in a Sac 25mm MSD** No Yolk Sac Seen in a 10mm MSD Sac *
No Yolk Sac Seen in a 20mm MSD Sac** * endovaginal scanning ** transabdominal scan
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Anembryonic Pregnancy Oligohydramnios Small for Dates S < D
Normal Pregnancy / Wrong Dates
Anembryonic Pregnancy (blighted ovum)
Ectopic Pregnancy Embryonic Demise Fetal Demise Ectopic Pregnancy Oligohydramnios
Intrauterine Growth Retardation (IUGR)
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14 Pseudo-sac Ectopic Pregnancy
95% occur in the tube 5% are interstitial and are the most dangerous Cornual and cervical ectopics are increasing Transabdominal scans
In vitro procedures increase the chance of ectopic pregnancy
Heterotopic: IUP plus an ectopic
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Ruptured Ectopic
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Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy Ectopic Pregnancy in Right Cornu
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15 Right & Left Horns of Ectopic? Bicornuate Uterus Uterus?
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Hemorrhagic Corpus Luteum Can Look Like an Ectopic
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Molar Pregnancy
Large for Dates Vaginal Bleeding Very High HCG May be a live embryo 1 in 1200 pregnancies in the USA Risk is 20-40 fold higher if patient had a previous molar pregnancy (1 in 30-60)
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16 Theca Lutein Cysts There may or may not be a sac.
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The arrow heads point to the major portion of the mole. The white arrows point to echogenic invasive villi that extent almost to the serosal surface of the uterus (black arrows). Partial Mole at 12 weeks -Top, 14 weeks - Bottom
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Video Clip Large for Dates
Normal Pregnancy / Wrong Dates
Molar Pregnancy
Gestation with Mass / Masses
Multiple Gestation
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IUP Hydatidiform Mole Theca Lutien Cysts
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Early Pregnancy with a Mass Multiple Gestation
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Video Clip Triplets
Bleeds
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18 Anomalies: Detectable in the 1st Trimester (Endovaginal Scanning is Best)
B A Anencephaly Conjoined twins E Acrania Large omphalocele
C D Cystic hygroma Severe gastroschisis
Hydrops Thanatophoric dwarf
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Normal Head at 12 Weeks Video Clip Transverse Head at 12 Weeks
Choriod Plexus Frontal
Occipital
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Acrania at 10w2d Normal Nuchal Translucency 10w6d
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Questions?
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