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Transvaginal ultrasonography in the assessment of organic diseases of female urethra.
Author(s) -
Fontana D,
Porpiglia F,
Morra I,
Destefanis P
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1999.18.3.237
Subject(s) - medicine , dysuria , transvaginal ultrasonography , ultrasonography , urethra , cystourethrography , female urethra , radiology , urethral diseases , urology , urinary system , pathology , anatomy , disease , reflux , vesicoureteral reflux
The current investigation aimed to check the effectiveness of transvaginal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of organic urethral diseases, comparing its results with those of conventional examinations (physical examination, voiding cystourethrography, pelvic ultrasonography, cystourethroscopy). Transvaginal ultrasonography was performed in 560 female patients with recurrent cystitis, dysuria, or palpable masses and diagnosed the following urethral diseases: 25 diverticula, seven stenoses, three carcinomas, two leiomyomas of periurethral tissue, and one incomplete duplex urethra. In our study transvaginal ultrasonography proved to be the most reliable diagnostic tool among imaging methods used.