title: [Imaging of the female pelvis in adolescence].
abstract: The aim of this chapter is to familiarize the radiologists with the evolutive morphological features of the female genital apparatus, as it can be seen during the puberty, and to view the pathologies panel which may occur in ths period of life. This chapter is going to illustrate the morphological sonographic modifications from the childhood to the adolescence, emphasing the signs of pubertal maturation (uterus and ovaries shape, size and vascularization). Through clinical signs (delayed sexual maturation, primary or secondary amenorrhea, menstrual dysfunction, acute, cyclic, chronic pelvic pain and pelvic mass) the different pathologies are viewed, illustrating the important role of ultrasonography, but not an exclusive role.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie et Imagerie Médicale, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, 2 avenue Oscar Lambret, 59037 Lille. yrobert@chru-lille.fr
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mestdagh
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ziereisen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Launay
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Avni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Imagerie du pelvis féminin à l'adolescence.