SonoCase: TA Pelvic US: What’s up with that Uterus?!

Crazy case I saw recently… 38 yo female who came to the ED for vaginal bleeding that was unrelenting for 6 months, not changed with repeated PO hormonal treatment by PCP, and “I just want an answer.” Stable vitals, no sx of anemia, she was not tender on exam and pelvic was unremarkable except for some blood. In my efforts to simply appease her as I wasnt going to do much more, I did a Transabdominal Pelvic US (sagittal view shown below). Once I saw this, I started to pay more attention (of course, it should have been the other way around, but thats just my skeptical self). I asked her about weight loss (she had 15 pounds loss in 6 months (already a pretty petite girl) and no significant family history, but I realized when speaking to her for more time that she kept having an intermittent dry cough every now and again. I asked her about it, and she thought it was allergies “and I just dont think i got over that cold from a month ago.” Pretty sad case -CXR showed mets…..”platinum” scan done, admitted to Medicine, biopsy/onc/chemo underway… shows the importance of TA Pelvis for not just the 1st trimester pregnancy VB/abd pain evaluations.

Happy Mother’s Day: a dancing baby for all US lovers!

For all the moms out there on Mother’s day! And for all who know me well, you know the baby will be dancin’ to Party Rock! If an expectant mom comes in with pelvic pain or vaginal bleeding, check for fetal dancing: