Normal and abnormal images of intrauterine devices: Role of three-dimensional sonography
Corresponding Author
Betlem Graupera MD
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, SpainSearch for more papers by this authorLourdes Hereter MD
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorM. Angela Pascual MD, PhD
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorMaría Fernández-Cid MD
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorCarla Urbina MD
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorRossana Di Paola MD
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorCristina Pedrero MD
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Betlem Graupera MD
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, SpainSearch for more papers by this authorLourdes Hereter MD
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorM. Angela Pascual MD, PhD
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorMaría Fernández-Cid MD
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorCarla Urbina MD
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorRossana Di Paola MD
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorCristina Pedrero MD
Gynaecologic Diagnostic Imaging Unit, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproduction, Institut Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
The purpose of this pictorial essay is to describe the diagnostic value of two-dimensional ultrasound (2DUS) and the additional information that three-dimensional ultrasound (3DUS) provides in the assessment of location, type and complications of IUDs. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 40:433–438, 2012
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