Blighted Ovum: Symptoms, Causes and Next Steps -

blighted ovum  Strictly speaking, it's a miscarriage But that's confusing: a blighted ovum exists before any bleeding happens It's often spotted late, or not Original and Selected Communications from The New England Journal of Medicine — Blighted Ovum

Introduction: A blighted ovum is clinically known as an anembryonic pregnancy This is a form of fetal demise or miscarriage that occurs Abstract Four cases of blighted ovum which had normal pregnancies by earlier ultrasound including embryonic heart activity are presented There was no unique

Testing can be done to help to determine the cause of a blighted ovum, as it is not the same in every case As mentioned, genetic defects may be responsible, Conclusion The case presented confirms that HP can occur in the absence of predisposing factors, and that the detection of a blighted ovum