A case of endometrial carcinoma detected using transrectal ultrasound

C M Holland; L H Berman; R A F Crawford

doi:10.1111/j.1048-891x.2004.014320.x

A case of endometrial carcinoma detected using transrectal ultrasound

Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2004 May-Jun;14(3):551-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1048-891x.2004.014320.x.

Authors

C M Holland¹, L H Berman, R A F Crawford

Affiliation

¹ The Cambridge Cancer Centre, University of Cambridge, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK. cath.holland@obgyn.cam.ac.uk

PMID: 15228433
DOI: 10.1111/j.1048-891x.2004.014320.x

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adenocarcinoma / complications
Adenocarcinoma / diagnostic imaging*
Adenocarcinoma / pathology
Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Endometrial Neoplasms / complications
Endometrial Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Endometrial Neoplasms / pathology
Female
Humans
Rectum / diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography
Uterine Hemorrhage / etiology