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Gynecologic Ultrasound
Gynecologic Sonogram:
A gynecologic ultrasound is often used to image the female reproductive
organs to evaluate their size, shape, and consistency. The most common indications for gynecologic
ultrasound are ovarian cysts, pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, infertility, and to check for pelvic
masses like fibroids.
Some of the conditions that a gynecologic ultrasound can detect are ovarian cysts, uterine and ovarian
tumors, and ruptured cysts. The size and consistency of these masses can help your physician decide
a treatment plan for you.
This test is an imaging test which is done typically using a vaginal ultrasound probe. The reason for
this type of exam to be performed internally is that the closer the probe is to the anatomy of
interest, the clearer the images are. So, rather than a patient filling their bladders and placing a
probe on the abdomen, the probe is gently placed in the vagina and steered to view the pelvic anatomy.
Since the sound waves which create the images do not have to project through the patient's skin, fat,
muscle, and full bladder, the sound waves have not been degraded. In some instances, both an abdominal
and vaginal pelvic ultrasound are performed to evaluate a larger mass.
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