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Pelvic inflammatory disease echocardiography or ultrasound
Introduction
Overview
Overview
A pelvic ultrasound is a helpful procedure for diagnosing PID. Transvaginal ultrasonography may reveal thickened or fluid fill fallopian tubes.
Ultrasound
Ultrasound
- 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.
References
References
- ↑ Workowski KA, Bolan GA (2015). “Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2015”. MMWR Recomm Rep. 64 (RR-03): 1–137. PMID 26042815.
- ↑ Brunham RC, Gottlieb SL, Paavonen J (2015). “Pelvic inflammatory disease”. N. Engl. J. Med. 372 (21): 2039–48. doi:10.1056/NEJMra1411426. PMID 25992748.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]