Anal sphincters defects--verification of the anal ultrasound diagnosis in 'bimanual' examination.
The aim of this is to evaluate the diagnostic value of anal endosonography performed during pressing anterior wall of anal canal with a finger introduced into the lumen of vagina for the identification of anal sphincter defects. Anal ultrasound (AUS) with a finger introduced into the lumen of vagina was performed in a group of 55 women with anal sphincter defects recognized initially in standard AUS. This technique prevented false positive diagnoses of sphincter defects in 12 out of a group of 55 women (21.8%).
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Second Faculty of Medicine, 03-285, Warsaw, Konratowicza 8 st., Poland. mdyvonne@poczta.wp.pl
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Szczepkowski
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Jakubowski
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001004:Anus Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019160:Endosonography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014621:Vagina / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*