"Crushed glass" appearance of particles observed in roentgenograms after hysterosalpingography as an indicator of pelvic abnormalities.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the diagnostic value of the crushed glass appearance of particles observed on roentgenogram after hysterosalpingography in patients with pelvic abnormalities. DESIGN:Retrospective study of 32 patients whose roentgenogram had particles with a crushed glass appearance and 16 patients without crushed glass appearance, with laparoscopy conducted to determine the location and severity of the pelvic disease. SETTING:Fujita Health University Hospital, Aichi, Japan. PATIENT(S):A total of 240 patients underwent hysterosalpingography to determine the cause of infertility. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S):We compared the location of the pelvic endometriosis and/or inflammation that was observed on roentgenogram as the crushed glass appearance versus definitive findings at laparoscopy. RESULT(S):A total of 30 of the 32 cases (93.8%) with the crushed glass appearance were confirmed as having pelvic abnormalities, such as endometriosis (73.3%) and pelvic inflammation (26.7%). The rate of the concurrence of the location of the crushed glass appearance observed on the film and that of the lesions verified by laparoscopy was 66.7%. Histopathological examination showed that specimens taken from endometriosis or inflammatory lesions that comprised the crushed glass appearance were lacking in epithelium in proportion to the size of the particles. CONCLUSION(S):Identification of the crushed glass appearance of particles was a useful noninvasive method of detecting pelvic abnormalities, such as pelvic endometriosis and inflammation, in infertile women.

journal_name

Fertil Steril

journal_title

Fertility and sterility

authors

Sawada T,Kuroki J,Yoshimura Y,Kawakami S

doi

10.1016/s0015-0282(97)00415-9

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1075-8

issue

6

eissn

0015-0282

issn

1556-5653

pii

S0015028297004159

journal_volume

68

pub_type

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