Indications for evaluation of the adolescent pelvis usually are based on complaints of abdominal pain, pelvic pain, or a mass. Other clinical symptoms resulting in imaging evaluation in female patients relate to abnormalities of development of secondary sexual characteristics of…
Imaging Techniques Ultrasound is the primary imaging modality to assess the pediatric gynecologic tract, its diseases, and the simulators of those diseases. Ultrasound provides quick evaluation of the uterus, ovaries, and cul-de-sac. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)…
Overview Ultrasound (US), including Doppler imaging in all its forms, is the main diagnostic imaging tool for evaluating the scrotum. Computed tomography (CT) is used predominantly to evaluate metastatic spread of testicular or other intrascrotal tumors. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)…
Embryology, Sex Differentiation, and Gonad Differentiation Overview. The three important precursor components needed for genital system development are the genital ridge and the two sets of internal sex ducts, the Müllerian-paramesonephric and the Wolffian-mesonephric. Around 7 weeks' gestation, the embryologic…