INTRODUCTION The physiology and anatomy of female sexual function are poorly understood. The differences in sexual function among women may be partly attributed to anatomical factors. AIM The purpose of this study was to use ultrasonography to evaluate the anatomical variability of the urethrovaginal space in women with and without vaginal orgasm. METHODS Twenty healthy, neurologically inta...

Hydrometrocolpos is an uncommon congenital disorder consisting of cystic dilatation the vagina and uterus, usually caused by distal obstruction. Many urogenital malformations, ranging from persistent sinus to cloacal dysgenesis, may cause hydrometrocolpos. In obstructive, uterovaginal causes such as imperforate hymen, transverse vaginal septum are common etiologies. Early diagnosis in antenatal...

Clinical measurement of pelvic floor muscle activity commonly involves techniques that are both physically and psychologically invasive. This study investigated transabdominal application of ultrasound to measure pelvic floor muscle action. The specific aims were to establish the face validity of ultrasound measures of displacement of the posterior bladder wall as a reflection of pelvic floor m...

Observation of the gestational sac by vaginal sonography is a key-element of early pregnancy evaluation. Here we present a new imaging technique, enabling 3-dimensional virtual reconstruction of the early embryonic structures within gestational sacs with the use of computerized analysis of 2-dimensional sonographic recordings. This technique, named virtual sonographic embryoscopy, offers a high...

A 40-year-old-mother presents to the antenatal clinic with uterus size larger than gestational age. The gestational age is 32 weeks but uterine size corresponds to term size. She comes from a rural village without any early antenatal booking. Ultrasound confirmed polyhydramnios and fetal abnormality. She has no significant past medical history. Two weeks later she delivers her baby via spontane...

The authors examined whether early ultrasound dating (≤20 weeks) of gestational age (GA) in small-for-gestational-age (SGA) fetuses may underestimate gestational duration and therefore the incidence of SGA birth. Within a population-based case-control study (May 2002-June 2005) of Iowa SGA births and preterm deliveries identified from birth records (n = 2,709), the authors illustrate a novel me...

This case report details the emergency department course of a 34 year-old female who presented with abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding after reportedly falling one week earlier. She was subsequently found to have a drinking straw within her uterus next to an eight week-old live intrauterine pregnancy on ultrasound. This case report and discussion reviews the literature on retained foreign bodi...

A 32-year-old pregnant woman presented to the hospital with abdominal pain and minimal vaginal bleeding. Transvaginal ultrasound revealed visible fluid in pelvic region with suspected tubal rupture, and subsequently laparoscopy was performed. During laparoscopy, additional gynecologic pathologies were noticed. Histopathologic finding showed dermoid and endometriotic cyst, as well as tubo-ovaria...

This report discusses a pregnancy case following a series of two consecutive magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) procedures for the treatment of two different myomas in an individual patient. Both procedures were completed without adverse events, and the patient conceived naturally four months after treatment. At 39 weeks, she gave birth to a healthy baby girl,...

The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge and practices of hygiene rules for transvaginal ultrasound by sonographers practicing in Togo. Their knowledge of these rules is good. In practice, they mainly use condoms to protect the vaginal probe, which is sufficient to prevent horizontal transmission of infection. The shortcomings are at the level of hand hygiene; they do not routinely...