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Endometrial cancer ultrasound
Introduction
Overview
Overview
On transvaginal ultrasound, endometrial cancer is characterized by thickening of the endometrium and disruption of a subendometrial halo.
Transvaginal ultrasound
Transvaginal ultrasound
- Transvaginal ultrasound may be helpful in the diagnosis of endometrial cancer. Findings on an ultrasound suggestive of endometrial cancer include:[1]
- Thickening of the endometrium
- Premenopausal women have endometrial thickness that varies through the menstrual cycle
- Postmenopausal women show increased thickness > 5mm
- Thickness > 8mm is seen in postmenopausal women taking tamoxifen
- Thickening of the endometrium
- Disruption of a subendometrial halo on ultrasound may be suggestive of myometrial involvement.
References
References
- ↑ Gupta A, Desai A, Bhatt S (2017). “Imaging of the Endometrium: Physiologic Changes and Diseases: Women’s Imaging”. Radiographics. 37 (7): 2206–2207. doi:10.1148/rg.2017170008. PMID 29131769.
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