title: Endovaginal sonographic diagnosis of dilated fallopian tubes.
abstract: Twelve cases of fallopian tube dilatation were diagnosed in 10 patient by using endovaginal sonography. The diagnosis was confirmed by surgery in seven patients and by hysterosalpingography in three. A tubular shape was present in every case. Other sonographic features included a well-defined echogenic wall, a folded configuration, and linear echoes protruding into the tube lumen. Dilated tubes were distinguished from bowel loops by a lack of peristaltic activity and from pelvic veins by a lack of moving low-level echoes on real-time sonography. We conclude that the findings of dilated fallopian tubes on endovaginal sonography are sufficiently characteristic to allow the diagnosis to be made with this technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, UCLA, School of Medicine 90024-1721.
authors.forename: F N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Tessler
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Perrella
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Fleischer
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*; D014621:Vagina