title: [Vaginal sonography: a screening method for early detection of ovarian tumors and endometrial cancers?].
abstract: In total we performed a vaginosonographic measurement of 212 patients with or without a postmenopausal bleeding. Altogether 424 ovaries were sonographically examined. An endometrial thickness greater than 4 mm was histologically clarified by means of a curettage and all detectable ovarian tumors by means of a laparotomia. In total we found seven asymptomatic endometrial carcinomas, one cervical carcinoma and two ovarian cancers. The vaginosonography showed to be a very sensitive and acceptable method for the early detection of postmenopausal ovarian and endometrial tumors.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Frauenklinik Göttingen.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Osmers
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Völksen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rath
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kuhn
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010053:Ovary / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology; D014621:Vagina
vernacular_title: Die Vaginalsonographie: eine Screeningmethode zur Früherkennung von Ovarialtumoren und Endometriumkarzinomen?