Can a Miscarriage Ever Be Misdiagnosed?
Can a Miscarriage Ever Be Misdiagnosed? With something as important and devastating as a miscarriage diagnosis, it’s normal to want to be 100% sure of the diagnosis before making treatment decisions.Answer: With any medical problem, a misdiagnosis is a theoretical possibility. Miscarriage is no exception. Technically speaking, medical or laboratory errors could theoretically lead to a misdiagnosis of pregnancy loss at any point in pregnancy — but this is uncommon. Most doctors use established guidelines before diagnosing miscarriage. And when evaluated by these guidelines, generally laboratory and imaging results are considered reliable and accurate for diagnosing pregnancy loss. Now and then, however, miscarriage misdiagnosis does occur. When it does, the situation almost always involves a few specific situations: Date Confusion with First Trimester Ultrasound Results In early pregnancy, the
