The Application of Sonovaginography for Implementing Ultrasound Assessment of Endometriosis and Other Gynaecological Diseases
Francesca Arezzo,
Gennaro Cormio,
Daniele La Forgia,
Adam Abdulwakil Kawosha,
Michele Mongelli,
Carmela Putino,
Erica Silvestris,
Donato Oreste,
Claudio Lombardi,
Gerardo Cazzato,
Ettore Cicinelli,
Vera Loizzi
Affiliations
Francesca Arezzo
Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Gennaro Cormio
Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Interdisciplinar Department of Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Daniele La Forgia
SSD Radiodiagnostica Senologica, IRCCS Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II”, Via Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy
Adam Abdulwakil Kawosha
Department of General Medicine, Universitatea Medicina si Farmacie Grigore T Popa, Strada Universitatii 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania
Michele Mongelli
Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Carmela Putino
Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Erica Silvestris
Gynecologic Oncology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II”, Via Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy
Donato Oreste
SSD Radiologia Diagnostica, IRCCS Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II”, Via Orazio Flacco 65, 70124 Bari, Italy
Claudio Lombardi
Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Gerardo Cazzato
Pathology Section, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Ettore Cicinelli
Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Vera Loizzi
Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Interdisciplinar Department of Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
Sonovaginography is a way of assessing gynaecological diseases that can be described as cheap yet accurate and non-invasive. It consists of distention of the vagina with ultrasound gel or saline solution while performing transvaginal sonography to clearly visualize and assess a host of local cervical, as well as any vaginal, disorders. With endometriosis being a steadily growing gynaecological pathology affecting 8–15% of women of fertile age, transvaginal sonography (TVS) can be considered as one of the most accurate and comprehensive imaging techniques in its diagnosis. Nevertheless, the accuracy may vary depending on scan sites. The purpose of this narrative review is to assess the performance of sonovaginography in detecting endometriosis in those sites where TVS has a low sensitivity.
