Lin XL, Zhang DS, Ju ZY, Li XM, Zhang YZ. Diagnostic value of different color ultrasound diagnostic method in endometrial lesions. World J Clin Cases 2021; 9(19): 5037-5045 [PMID: 34307554 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i19.5037]
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Xiao-Lin Lin, Dong-Sheng Zhang, Department of Ultrasound, Pingyi County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Linyi 273300, Shandong Province, China
Zhi-Ye Ju, Yao-Zhu Zhang, Department of Ultrasound, Rizhao Peoples Hospital, Rizhao 276800, Shandong Province, China
Xiu-Ming Li, Department of Gastroenterology, Pingyi County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Linyi 273300, Shandong Province, China
Author contributions: Zhang YZ and Lin XL designed this retrospective study; Lin XL and Zhang DS wrote this paper; Lin XL, Zhang DS, Ju ZY and Li XM were responsible for sorting the data.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Scientific Research Ethics Committee of Shandong Pingyi County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Institutional Review Board (approval No. 201803-016).
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Received: December 15, 2020 Peer-review started: December 15, 2020 First decision: January 17, 2021 Revised: January 28, 2021 Accepted: March 10, 2021 Article in press: March 10, 2021 Published online: July 6, 2021
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background
Endometrial lesions include endometrial cancer and inferior fibroids. Ultrasonography is an important means of diagnosing female reproductive system diseases, and it is of critical value for the early diagnosis of endometrial cancer.
Research motivation
In clinical application, the choice of different ultrasound examination schemes has a certain impact on the diagnosis of endometrial lesions. In order to facilitate the choice of clinical color ultrasound examination schemes, two commonly used examination methods including vaginal color ultrasound and abdominal color ultrasound were compared.
Research objectives
To explore the diagnostic effects of different ultrasound examination methods in clinical endometrial lesions and provide guidance for clinical diagnosis in choosing appropriate examination schemes.
Research methods
All 140 patients underwent transvaginal color ultrasound and transabdominal color ultrasound. We compared the diagnostic coincidence and image display effects of two examination methods, and the endometrial thickness, blood flow, uterine effusion and resistance index of different diseases were observed by transvaginal color ultrasound.
Research results
Compared with transabdominal color ultrasound, transvaginal ultrasound is less dependent on bladder filling and is not disturbed by body weight, intestinal gas or other factors. The closer the position of the vaginal fornix probe is to the focus, the better the image display effect will be. Thus, the endometrial thickness can be measured accurately, and the scope, size and nature of the lesion can be located and quantitatively diagnosed.
Research conclusions
The diagnostic coincidence rate of patients with clinical endometrial lesions examined by transvaginal color ultrasound is relatively high, which is worthy of promotion.
Research perspectives
This research innovatively compares the diagnostic value of different ultrasound examination schemes for endometrial lesions and provides a more reasonable scheme.
