Gynecological Ultrasound

Maya Lin, Meghan Kelly Herbst, Manish Saxena Manish Saxena, Monica R. Saxena
In: Advanced Point-of-Care Ultrasound · 2025 · pp. 239–264 · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-85308-1_13 · W4412856755
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This chapter covers ultrasound indications, techniques, and diagnostic criteria for gynecological conditions including Müllerian duct anomalies, fibroids, pelvic congestion, endometriosis, ovarian cysts/torsion, other ovarian masses, and pelvic inflammatory disease.

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This chapter reviews gynecological ultrasound by outlining indications, techniques, and diagnostic criteria for multiple pelvic conditions, spanning Müllerian duct anomalies, uterine fibroids, pelvic congestion syndrome, endometriosis, ovarian cysts and torsion, other ovarian masses, and pelvic inflammatory disease. The focus is high-level, describing ultrasound as a rapid, bedside, cost-effective and potentially life-saving imaging modality for women with pelvic pain, while emphasizing its ability to distinguish among gynecologic mimics from gastrointestinal and urologic etiologies. A major limitation is that the content is a narrative educational chapter without new study data or population-specific outcomes, and the excerpt does not provide specific evidence strength or performance metrics for each condition. Relevance to endometriosis: endometriosis is explicitly included among the gynecological conditions covered for ultrasound diagnosis, though the paper’s main focus is an overall ultrasound review rather than endometriosis-specific research.

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