ABSTRACT
Besides the symptoms commonly associated with early pregnancy, women with ectopic pregnancy commonly experience pelvic pain and bleeding. The pain is often one sided and the bleeding is often variable and may be the only sign of a complication. It should be noted, however, up to 20% of women with first trimester bleeding will go on to have a healthy pregnancy. Table 2 lists some of the more common signs and symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy to assist the practitioner in differentiating ectopic pregnancy from other gynecologic and non-gynecologic conditions. The differential diagnosis for cases of suspected ectopic pregnancies are listed in Table 3.
