title: Ultrasonographic identification and measurement of the normal ovary in postmenopausal Japanese women.
abstract: Real-time ultrasonic scanning examinations were performed on 31 postmenopausal Japanese women with no evidence of pathology. Both ovaries were visualized in 25 patients. Only the left ovary was imaged in 5 and only the right one in 1 patient. Ovarian sectional area (OSA) was 1.45 +/- 0.61 cm2 in the left-sided ovary and 1.36 +/- 0.64 cm2 in the right-sided ovary, with no statistically significant difference. In all 56 ovaries, the OSA was 1.41 +/- 0.63 cm2. These normal values in postmenopausal women provide a useful indicator for detection of postmenopausal palpable ovary syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Takamiya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010053:Ovary / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology; D010173:Palpation; D012016:Reference Values; D014463:Ultrasonography