Saline Infusion Sonohysterography: Key Findings and How to Perform the Examination

Saline infusion sonohysterography is a minimally invasive adjunctive method to delineate endometrial abnormalities that usually have been detected during transvaginal and/or transabdominal pelvic ultrasound. This procedure also is requested during the work-up for infertility. Of particular importance is the evaluation of patients with abnormal uterine bleeding. The majority of the patients with abnormal uterine bleeding will have benign etiologies including endometrial atrophy, uterine submucosal leiomyomas, endometrial polyps, or endometrial hyperplasia. However, approximately 10% of postmenopausal patients with uterine bleeding will have endometrial carcinoma, which is the most common gynecologic malignancy.1
Source: Contemporary Diagnostic Radiology - Category: Radiology Tags: Article Source Type: research