Evaluation of Intrauterine Structural Pathology by Three-Dimensional Sonohysterography Using An Extended Imaging Method

• Main Authors: Fatemeh Zafarani, Firoozeh Ahmadi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Royan Institute (ACECR), Tehran 2013-04-01
• Series: International Journal of Fertility and Sterility
• Subjects: intrauterine; pathology; three; dimensional; sonohysterography
• Online Access: http://www.ijfs.ir/article_45162_d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e.pdf

Structural intrauterine abnormalities are an important cause of infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss and bleeding or pain associated with a poor reproductive outcome. Various diagnostic methods have been applied to detect these lesions such as hysterosalpingography, hysteroscopy and sonohysterography. More recently, three-dimensional extended imaging (3DXI) provides the ability to obtain sequential sections of acquired volume scans in A, B and C planes. Here, we briefly discuss the technique of saline infusion sonography, followed by a review of sonohysterographic characteristics of intracavitary pathologies with more focus on some definitions and measurements.