THE USE OF PELVIC ULTRASOUND IN FEMALE-PATIENTS ATTENDING A GUM CLINIC

This is a retrospective review of 279 pelvic ultrasound examinations r equested over 19 months by a department of GU medicine. An abnormal ul trasound was rarely seen in women with pain but no pelvic mass (16%). If a mass was found on bimanual palpation, the yield of abnormal ultra sound was much higher (52%). Pelvic ultrasound was also useful in refu ting a diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy by demonstrating an intrauterine gestational sac.