title: [Contrast hysterosonography: indications and technic].
abstract: Contrast-enhanced sonography constitutes a new way of visualizing the uterine cavity. Indeed, real-time transcervical instillation of sterile saline inside the uterine cavity during transvaginal sonography (saline infusion sonography, SIS) allows a precise diagnosis of various intrauterine pathologies such as endometrial polyps, submucous myomas, intrauterine adhesions and various anatomical malformations. The aim of this article is to detail the technique of saline infusion sonography, its indications, contra-indications and semiology.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gynécologie, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: van den Brûle
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Wéry
authors.forename: U J
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: Gaspard
mesh_terms: D000075202:Contraindications; D003287:Contrast Media; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011127:Polyps / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D012965:Sodium Chloride