title: Air in vagina. Indicator of intrapelvic pathology on CT.
abstract: Computed tomography of the normal female pelvis may show the presence of a tiny air bubble within the vagina. Among 2,800 female abdomino-pelvic CTs, 27 were found to contain large amounts of intravaginal air. Twenty-three patients suffered from pelvic malignancy while in 4, non-tumorous pelvic pathology was present. Detection of air bubbles in the vagina is abnormal and indicates, in the majority of cases, an intrapelvic malignancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Shatkai Outpatient Clinic, Israel.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hadar
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kornreich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heifetz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herskovitz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Horev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000388:Air; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010388:Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014621:Vagina / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*