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Left-sided pain and a positive test

28 yG2P0GA 6+1Acute

Six weeks by her dates, a day of cramping on the left, some spotting, and a scan that shows an empty uterus.

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    Emergency department

    Left iliac fossa pain for a day, spotting since this morning, no shoulder tip pain, no syncope. Pulse 88, blood pressure 114/72. Mild left-sided tenderness without peritonism. Urine hCG positive.

    HR 88 · BP 114/72

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