title: A case of endometrial carcinoma detected using transrectal ultrasound.
abstract: Transvaginal ultrasound is commonly used in the investigation of postmenopausal bleeding. In this article, we report the use of transrectal ultrasound in the assessment of postmenopausal bleeding and detection of an endometrial carcinoma, where other methods of assessment were unsuccessful.
authors.affiliation: The Cambridge Cancer Centre, University of Cambridge, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK. cath.holland@obgyn.cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Berman
authors.forename: R A F
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology