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Transvaginal sonography in suspected pelvic inflammatory disease
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Transvaginal sonography in suspected pelvic inflammatory disease
Transvaginal sonography in suspected pelvic inflammatory disease
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P. Taipale
P. Taipale
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H. Tarjanne
H. Tarjanne
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P Ylöstalo
P Ylöstalo
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1 December 1995
journal article
Published by
Wiley
in
Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Vol. 6
(6)
,
430-434
https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1469-0705.1995.06060430.x
Abstract
Transvaginal sonography was used in the evaluation of clinically suspected pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). A total of 86 patients with PID were examined by transvaginal sonography within l‐3 days, 14 days and 90 days after hospitalization. The diagnosis of PID was confirmed in 37% of patients by laparoscopy, laparotomy or positive cervical culture of
Chlamydia trachomatis
or
Neisseria gonorrhoea
. In the remainder, the diagnosis was based on tenderness of the uterus, fever and lower abdominal pain that responded rapidly to antibiotics. At the time of admission, 31% of patients had a thick‐walled (≥ 5 mm) echogenic tube raising the suspicion of pyosalpinx or pyo‐ovary. During the following 3 months, 52% of patients developed tubes that were thin‐walled (< 5 mm) and poorly echogenic, and hydrosalpinx was suspected. At the first transvaginal sonographic examination, 64% showed no adnexal mass, but 16% of these developed suspected hydrosalpinx during the following 3 months. Of the total of 86 patients, 6% exhibited a hydrosalpinx for the first time after 3 months. C‐reactive protein concentrations and sedimentation rate values correlated positively with the ultrasonically determined volumes of pyosalpinx/pyoovaries, cul‐de‐sac fluid and ovaries. Transvaginal sonography appears to be very useful in the diagnosis of suspected PID and is recommended at least 3 months after symptoms have subsided for those patients with an adnexal mass at the time of the acute episode and for infertile patients. Copyright © 1995 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Keywords
PELVIC INFLAMATORY DISEASE
TRANSVAGINAL SONOGRAPHY
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