Comparison of pelvic ultrasonography and pneumography for ovarian size

Abstract Thirty‐two females undergoing pelvic pneumography or gynecography for question of ovarian size, fertility, or pelvic mass also had pelvic ultrasonography. The latter examinations were compared, predominantly retrospectively, with the radiographs in an attempt to establish criteria for locating ovaries and evaluating their size. Almost equal groups of normal, Stein‐Levinthal syndrome, and miscellaneous pelvic lesions were established. The author concludes that pelvic echography can usually visualize normal ovaries, is a reliable diagnostic technique for polycystic ovaries (Stein‐Levinthal syndrome), and is useful for confirming the presence of a pelvic mass. Other investigative techniques such as anemography, culdoscopy, laparoscope's, or exploratory surgery are more uncomfortable, hazardous, and expensive. It is suggested that pelvic ethnography should be the primary diagnostic approach in these cases.