Depth of myometrial invasion in endometrial cancer: preoperative assessment by transvaginal ultrasonography.
Twenty-five patients with cancer of the uterus underwent transvaginal sonography (TVS) to assess depth of myometrial invasion. All scans were performed with a 5.0-MHz curvilinear array probe (Toshiba, Inc., Tustin, CA) within 1 week of hysterectomy. In 21 cases (84%) sonography correctly predicted the depth of invasion (within 15% of actual). Only one of three cases with cervical involvement was detected. Transvaginal sonography can accurately detect depth of myometrial invasion and is well suited as a screening test to detect high-risk patients for consultation or referral.
Gordon
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.
Fleischer
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Reed
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009215:Myometrium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014621:Vagina