Gynecologic ultrasonography

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Gynecologic ultrasonography
Left hydrosalpinx on gynecologic ultrasonography
Other namesGynecologic sonography
ICD-9-CM88.76, 88.79
OPS-301 code3-05d

Gynecologic ultrasonography or gynecologic sonography refers to the application of

recto-uterine pouch
. The procedure may lead to other medically relevant findings in the pelvis.This technique is useful to detect myomas or mullerian malformations.

Routes

Device for both vaginal ultrasonography and abdominal ultrasonography
Transvaginal ultrasonography to check the location of an intrauterine device
(IUD)

The examination can be performed by

invasive
when performed transvaginally. Scans are performed by health care professionals called sonographers, or gynecologists trained in ultrasound.

Applications

Gynecologic sonography is used extensively:

Through transvaginal sonography ovarian cysts can be aspirated. This technique is also used in

IVF
.

Gynecologic ultrasonography is sometimes overused when it is used to screen for ovarian cancer in women who are not at risk for this cancer.[3] There is consensus that women with only average risk for ovarian cancer should not be screened with this procedure for cancer.[3]

Sonohysterography

anechoic
(rendered as dark in the middle of the image). It shows a normal endometrium as a hyperechoid (brighter) band around the cavity, in this case without any focal changes.

Sonohysterography is a specialized procedure by which fluid, usually sterile saline (then called saline infusion sonography or SIS), is instilled into the uterine cavity, and gynecologic sonography performed at the same time. A review in 2015 came to the conclusion that SIS is highly

intrauterine adhesions (as part of Asherman's syndrome), and can be used as a screening tool for subfertile women prior to IVF treatment.[4]

Sonohysterography using a balloon catheter (seen in the middle of the image)

See also

References

  1. S2CID 39843514
    .
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  3. ^
    American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
    , retrieved August 1, 2013, which cites
  4. .

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