Image Based Question-66973

A 24 year old female with 8 weeks of amenorrhoea brought to the emergency department for having sudden onset of abdominal pain. USG shows the condition as represented in the picture below.

Assertion: Use of progestin only pill can increase the chance of ectopic pregnancy.

Reason: These pills can cause hormonal changes that can result in ectopic pregnancy.

A. Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.

B. Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.

C. Assertion is true, but Reason is false.

D. Assertion is false, but Reason is true.

Correct Answer » C Explanation

The condition shown in the USG above represents ectopic pregnancy.

Use of progestin only pill or postcoital oestrogen preparations increases the chance of tubal pregnancy probably by impaired tubal motility.