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Vol. 46. Issue 3.
Pages 167-174 (January 2004)
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Vol. 46. Issue 3.
Pages 167-174 (January 2004)
Utilidad de la ecografía transvaginal en patología no ginecológica
Usefulness of Transvaginal Ultrasonography in Non-Gynecological Pathology
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M. Dolores Serrano, Tomás Ripollés
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TOMÁS RIPOLLÉS. Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico. Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset. Avda. Gaspar Aguilar, 90. 46017 Valencia. España.
, M. Jesús Martínez-Pérez, Sara D. Picó
Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico. Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset. Valencia. España.
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Objetivo

Describir el espectro de aplicaciones no ginecológicas de la ultrasonografía transvaginal (TV), comparando su utilidad diagnós-tica con la de otras técnicas de imagen.

Material y métodos

50 pacientes con patología peritoneal y/o pél-vica fueron evaluados mediante ultrasonografía TV: cáncer de recto (n = 11) o de sigma (n = 10); diverticulitis de sigma (n = 11); apendicitis pélvica (n = 3); quistes entéricos (n = 2); implantes peritoneales (n = 5); enfermedad de Crohn (n = 3); litiasis ureteral (n = 3) y neoplasia de vejiga (n = 2). Comparamos estos hallazgos con los obtenidos mediante ultrasonografía abdominal, tomografía computarizada (TC) y enema de bario.

Resultados

La ecografía TV es de utilidad para: a) la valoración de las estenosis rectales y neoplasias de sigma que son inaccesibles a la sonda transrectal, que obtiene una evaluación de la estadificación pre-quirúrgica similar a la aportada con la TC; b) diferenciar la etiología neoplásica o inflamatoria (diverticulitis) de las estenosis de sigma, no aclarada previamente con la ultrasonografía transabdominal, transrec-tal y/o la TC; c) evaluar las complicaciones rectales y/o perianales en la enfermedad de Crohn; d) el diagnóstico de apendicitis pélvica y/o diverticulitis, en asociación con la ecografía abdominal; e) caracterizar los implantes peritoneales malignos, y f) identificar litiasis y/o tumora-ciones de vejiga y del uréter distal.

Conclusión

La ecografía TV es una técnica complementaria a la ecografía transabdominal o transrectal en la valoración de patología no ginecológica, especialmente del tracto intestinal inferior, uréter distal, vejiga y cavidad peritoneal. Recomendamos su empleo cuando el diag-nóstico no es concluyente, y en la valoración del peritoneo inferior/pél-vico.

Palabras clave:
Ecografía transvaginal
Ultrasonidos
Órgano pélvico
Cáncer de recto
Aim

To describe the spectrum of non-gynecological applications of transvaginal ultrasonography (TV-US), comparing its diagnostic usefulness with that of other imaging techniques.

Materials and Methods

Fifty patients with peritoneal and/or pelvic pathology were evaluated by means of TV-US: cancer of rectum (n = 11) or sigmoid colon (n = 10); sigmoid diverticulitis (n = 11); pelvic appendicitis (n = 3); enteric cysts (n = 2); peritoneal implants (n = 5); Crohn’s disease (n = 3); ureteral lithiasis (n = 3) and bladder neoplasia (n = 2). These findings are compared with those obtained by means of abdominal ultrasonography.

Results

TV-US is useful in: a) evaluating rectal stenoses and sigmoid neoplasias which are inaccessible to transrectal probe, thus rendering presurgical staging similar to that afforded by CT; b) differentiating between sigmoid stenoses whose origins are either neoplasic or inflammatory (diverticulitis), all of which could not be clarified using ultrasonography ( transabdominal and/or transrectal) and/or CT; c) evaluating rectal and/or perianal complications of Crohn’s disease; d) diagnosing pelvic appendicitis and/or diverticulitis, in association with abdominal ultrasound; e) characterizing malignant peritoneal implants; f) detecting lithiasis and/or tumors in the bladder and distal ureter

Conclusion

TV-US is a technique which could be used in complement to transabdominal or transrectal ultrasound in the evaluation of non-gynecological pathology, especially of the lower intestinal tract, distal ureter, bladder and peritoneal cavity. Its use is recommended in the case of inconclusive diagnoses, as well as for examining the pelvic and lower part of the peritoneum.

Key words:
Transvaginal Ultrasonography
Ultrasound Scans
Pelvic Organ
Rectal Cancer

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