Hysterosonographically Guided Endometrial Biopsy
Technical Feasibility
Theodore J. Dubinsky1,
Susan Reed2,
Connie Mao2,
Gayle M. Waitches1 and
Eric K. Hoffer1
1
Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center,
Box 359728, 325 Ninth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104.
2
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Harborview
Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98104.

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Fig. 1A. 43-year-old woman with abnormal uterine bleeding. Mid sagittal image
obtained from videotape of procedure showing balloon catheter (straight
open arrow) in uterus. Flexible forceps appear as echogenic line within
catheter (curved arrows), and end of grasper appears as focal
echogenicity located at fundus (straight solid arrow).
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Fig. 1B. 43-year-old woman with abnormal uterine bleeding. Transverse image
shows echogenic flexible forceps that produce posterior acoustic shadowing
(arrow).
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Fig. 1C. 43-year-old woman with abnormal uterine bleeding. Photomicrograph of
biopsy specimen obtained with flexible forceps shows normal proliferative
endometrium. (H and E, x40)
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