STUDY QUESTION: Is the presence of adenomyosis associated with menorrhagia? SUMMARY ANSWER: There was no significant association between adenomyosis and menorrhagia, but there was a significant positive correlation between the severity of a…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility of identifying pelvic segments of normal ureters and measuring their size on standard transvaginal ultrasound examination. METHODS: This was a prospective observational study from June to July 2012…
Endometrial cancer is the commonest cancer of the female genital tract in the developed world. Ultrasound measurement of endometrial thickness is commonly used to triage patients with postmenopausal bleeding for histological sampling. The s…
STUDY QUESTION: What is the prevalence of adenomyosis in a population of women attending a general gynaecological clinic? SUMMARY ANSWER: Adenomyosis was present in 206 of 985 [20.9%; 95% confidence interval (CI): 18.5-23.6%] women included…
Routine ultrasound examination of the uterus includes a detailed assessment of the morphological characteristics of the myometrium and endometrium. These two main functional components of the uterus display different acoustic properties, wh…