title: [Rectal endosonography in differential diagnosis of surgical diseases of the pelvis].
abstract: Rectal endosonography was performed in 35 patients in whom a pathologic process in the pelvis was suspected. Pathologic findings were shown in various cases: abscess, tumours, ascites. It was shown that rectal endosonography can provide information that is not revealed by such established examinations as abdominal sonography and computed tomography. We recommend that the indications for transrectal endosonography can be extended beyond the established use in rectal tumours and diseases of the pelvic floor. Further systematic examinations are required.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Allgemeinchirurgie, Mathias-Spital Rheine.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gerdes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamdy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lausen
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001201:Ascites / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Die rektale Endosonographie in der Differentialdiagnostik chirurgischer Erkrankungen im kleinen Becken.