Which Patients Benefit from a 3D Reconstructed Coronal View of the Uterus Added to Standard Routine 2D Pelvic Sonography?
Beryl R. Benacerraf1,2,3,
Thomas D. Shipp3 and
Bryann Bromley3
1 Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates, 333 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115.
2 Departments of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General
Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
3 Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

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Fig. 2A —40-year-old woman with a fibroid. Transverse view of uterus
shows fibroid (calipers). Exact location of fibroid with respect to
uterine cavity is unclear because posterior aspect of fibroid obscures side of
endometrium.
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Fig. 2B —40-year-old woman with a fibroid. Coronal view shows that
fibroid is not submucous, but is intramural without distorting shape of
uterine cavity. Plane shown here was deemed by sonologist to be best plane to
show closest relationship between fibroid and endometrium, showing that
fibroid did not extend into cavity but just abuts it.
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