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Odile Buisson1, Pierre Foldes, Bernard-Jean Paniel
1Centre d'échographie, Saint Germain en Laye, France. odilebuisson@yahoo.fr
Introduction:
The prevalence of invasive procedures in diagnosing female sexual dysfunctions and pathologies is high. There is a need for a less invasive evaluation tool and medical imaging of the clitoris may be a solution. The clitoris has already been studied with nuclear magnetic resonance but there are very few sonographic 2D and 3D studies despite the fact that it is a simple, noninvasive, and inexpensive method.
Aim:
This study aims at determining the feasibility of using ultrasound (US) techniques to image the clitoris in sufficient detail to permit evaluation of anatomy for possible use in study.
Methods:
The ultrasounds were performed in five healthy volunteers with the Voluson GE Sonography system (GE Healthcare Ultrasound, Zipf, Austria), using one 12-MHz flat probe.
Main Outcome Measures:
The clitoral body's diameter, the length of the raphe.
Results:
The three planes-the cross-section, sagittal section, and coronal section-were revealed making it possible to study the entire organ.
Conclusion:
The sonography is a simple, inexpensive, noninvasive mean which might help for the evaluation of this organ.
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