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Ultrasound evaluation of the posthysterectomy pelvis
Author(s) -
Parulekar Suhas G.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870100604
Subject(s) - medicine , vagina , pelvis , hysterectomy , ultrasound , parametrial , uterus , transvaginal ultrasound , female pelvis , ovary , gynecology , radiology , surgery , radical hysterectomy , cervical cancer , cancer , endocrinology
Ultrasound findings in pelvic examinations of 80 patients with a previous hysterectomy are evaluated. Ovaries were located low in the pelvis close to the superior end of the vagina in a large number of patients. An enlarged ovary contiguous with the superior end of the vagina may simulate the appearance of the uterus. Occasionally, the superior end of the vagina or cervical remnant (in patients with a supracervical hysterectomy) may be prominent and should not be mistaken for a pathologic mass.