Patient's question:
My colleague has always had irregular menstruation, sometimes coming twice a month. The doctor suspects endometriosis and wants to do an ultrasound. I want to know what endometriosis looks like on an ultrasound?Doctor's answer:
Endometriosis is a condition where menstrual pain is usually more pronounced. During a detailed gynecological ultrasound examination, the uterus may appear significantly smaller with a more rounded myometrium. This presentation is indicative of adenomyosis, which is also a form of endometriosis. Additionally, if endometriosis spreads to the ovaries, it can result in chocolate cysts of the ovary, where dense speckled echoes can be observed within the ovarian cyst.