Assessment of Amniotic Fluid Volume in Pregnancy.

Amniotic fluid (AF) is an integral part of the fetal environment and is essential for fetal growth and development. Pathways of AF recirculation include the fetal lungs, swallowing, absorption through the fetal gastrointestinal tract, excretion through fetal urine production, and movement. In addition to being a marker for fetal health, adequate AF is necessary for fetal lung development, growth, and movement.

Tagging incidental finding of fatty liver on ultrasound: A novel intervention to improve early detection of liver fibrosis.

Background: It is not uncommon to see that a large proportion of patients with cirrhosis due to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis never had any prior evaluation or diagnosis of liver disease, and most of the times their first clinical presentation is decompensated cirrhosis. Acknowledging incidental finding of fatty liver on abdominal imaging and identifying patients at risk of having advanced liver fibrosis may help in preventing its progression to cirrhosis.

Aim: We aimed to increase acknowledgement and improve evaluation of steatosis through radiology recommendation to consider hepatology referral, and to identify the predictors of hepatology referral and significant fibrosis.

Müllerian Duct Anomalies: Role in Fertility and Pregnancy.

Müllerian duct anomalies (MDAs) have important implications for the reproductive health of female patients. In patients with both infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss, the incidence of MDAs is as high as 25%. Congenital uterine anomalies are often only part of a complex set of congenital anomalies involving the cervix, vagina, and urinary tract.

Opportunistic Screening of Patients for Hepatic Steatosis: Clinical Follow-Up and Diagnostic Yield.

Purpose: Hepatic steatosis is a common incidental finding on abdominal imaging that is not always reported or recognized as having clinical significance. Because of its association with liver disease, cirrhosis, and diabetes, the aim of this study was to bring attention to this finding and provide clinical guidance to referring clinicians by inserting standardized text into radiology reports of patients with incidentally detected hepatic steatosis.

Methods: Patients with incidentally discovered hepatic steatosis on abdominal ultrasound or CT had standard text inserted into the impression sections of their diagnostic imaging reports.

Transvaginal Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Pelvic Lesions.

Objectives: To assess adequacy of transvaginal ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (TVUS-FNAB) for pathologic diagnosis of pelvic masses performed using onsite cytopathology consultation.

Methods: In this Institutional Review Board approved, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant study, radiology records were retrospectively queried to identify patients who underwent TVUS-FNAB of a pelvic mass over a 11-year duration. TVUS-FNAB adequacy was determined by correlating cytopathology results with transvaginal ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy (TVUS-CNB) or surgical pathology results when available, and with clinical diagnostic confidence when additional pathology confirmation was not available.