Pelvic inflammatory disease echocardiography or ultrasound

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]

A pelvic ultrasound is a helpful procedure for diagnosing PID. Transvaginal ultrasonography may reveal thickened or fluid fill fallopian tubes.

• Pelvic ultrasonography, consisting of transabdominal combined with transvaginal ultrasonography, is usually the imaging modality of choice because of a lack of radiation exposure and high sensitivity.
• An ultrasound can view the pelvic area to see whether the fallopian tubes are enlarged or whether an abscess is present.
• Ultrasound is helpful to rule out other differential diagnosis such as ectopic pregnancy, complicated ovarian cyst or appendicitis.^[1][2]
• Doppler ultrasound is helpful to show hyperemia as a sign of inflammation and rule out ovarian torsion.

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