Ultrasound estimation of myometrial invasion of endometrial cancer by intrauterine radial scanning.
The myometrial invasion of endometrial cancer was estimated by using intrauterine radial-scan ultrasonography and classified into the following four groups: no myometrial invasion, superficial invasion (below one-third), moderate invasion (above one-third but below two-thirds), and deep invasion (above two-thirds). The myometrial invasions were further examined histologically on the removed uterus. In 26 of 32 cases (81.3%), estimations by intrauterine radial scans agreed with the histologic assessment. In each of the remaining six cases, estimations by radial scans were lower than those by histologic examination.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009215:Myometrium / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*