J Korean Radiol Soc.  1980 Jun;16(1):101-106. 10.3348/jkrs.1980.16.1.101.

Ultrasonography of pelvic masses

• Kim CW
• Choo DW
• Lee KH
• Kim SW
• Yeon KM
• Rha KY

• KMID: 2345395
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.1980.16.1.101

Abstract

56 cases of Ultrasonography in patient with proven pelvic mass were reviewed. Ultrasonography is a very usefulnoninvasive diagnostic modality in the patient with clinically suspelcted pelvic masses giving accurate assessmentof the size, location, internal structure and origin as well as its existence. A specific diagnosis as possible inselected patients with ovarian cystadenoma, dermoids, uterine myoma, and H-mole. Nonspecific pattern was common inpelvic abscess and ectopic pregnancy. Diagnostic errors were primarily due to small lesions(2 cm or less indiameter) or misinterpretation of the lesion.

Keyword

Pelvis, US; Pelvis, neoplasms

MeSH Terms

Abscess
Cystadenoma
Dermoid Cyst
Diagnosis
Diagnostic Errors
Female
Humans
Leiomyoma
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Ectopic
Ultrasonography*