Empty amnion sign

Last revised by Jeremy Jones on 20 Sep 2021

The empty amnion sign is a sonographic observation where there is the visualization of an amniotic sac without concomitant visualization of an embryo. It is an indicator of pregnancy failure regardless of the mean sac diameter and is considered to have a sufficiently high positive predictive value 2.  

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