page_title: Vaginal ultrasonography
section_title: Uses
hierarchical_section_title: Vaginal ultrasonography / Uses
caption_attribution_description: English: Vaginal Ultrasound. This image was donated by Blausen Medical. Please visit our website to see more medical illustrations and animations.
context_page_description: Vaginal ultrasonography is a medical ultrasonography that applies an ultrasound transducer in the vagina to visualize organs within the pelvic cavity. It is also called transvaginal ultrasonography because the ultrasound waves go across the vaginal wall to study tissues beyond it.
context_section_description: Vaginal ultrasonography is used both as a means of gynecologic ultrasonography and obstetric ultrasonography.
  It is preferred over abdominal ultrasonography in the diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy.
caption: Transvaginal ultrasonography procedure.
exif: {}