Patient's question:
Yesterday my period ended, and today's ultrasound showed a liquid dark area with a of 1.5 cm in the rectouterine pouch. However, I don't have any obvious discomfort, and my period is quite regular... Could you please ask the doctor if this is serious? Am I likely to have pelvic inflammatory disease? What is the best way to treat it??Doctor's answer:
Pelvic effusion of 1.5 cm is considered significant, classified as pathological effusion. It is mostly caused by inflammation, specifically due to chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) exudation. In a few cases, it may be caused by ectopic pregnancy rupture, corpus luteum rupture, pelvic abscess, chocolate cyst, or ovarian cancer. Timely treatment is required.If there are no other symptoms, close monitoring is recommended. Follow-up ultrasound should be performed after the next menstrual period. If the results are abnormal, treatment for the underlying condition is necessary to achieve good outcomes.