Assessment of the empty follicle syndrome by transvaginal sonography

Hilgers TW, Kimball CR, Keck SJ, Dvorak AD, Tamisiea DF, Yaksich PJ

doi:10.7863/jum.1992.11.7.313

Assessment of the empty follicle syndrome by transvaginal sonography

Hilgers TW et al., 1992

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine : Official Journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, 11(7), 313-316

DOI 10.7863/jum.1992.11.7.313

Abstract

The empty follicle syndrome was assessed using transvaginal ultrasonography in a group of 152 consecutive women with unmedicated menstrual cycles being studied because of primary or secondary infertility or repetitive miscarriage. The overall frequency of the empty follicle syndrome was found to be 43.4%. The frequency increased with age but was independent of gravidity. The empty follicle syndrome may be a significant etiologic factor in infertility or other reproductive abnormalities, and transvaginal ultrasound represents a good, non-invasive means of evaluating it.

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RRM Methods > NaProTECHNOLOGY > Clinical Outcomes Diagnostics > Ultrasound > Follicular Monitoring Infertility > Female Factor > Ovulatory Dysfunction Pregnancy > Recurrent Loss > Workup

empty follicle syndrome diagnosis, transvaginal ultrasound follicular monitoring, follicular atresia infertility, naprotechnology ultrasound assessment, unmedicated cycle ultrasound monitoring, recurrent miscarriage follicle evaluation, natural cycle ovarian ultrasound, empty follicle infertility cause, hilgers ultrasound protocol, luteinized unruptured follicle syndrome, follicular dysfunction diagnosis, cycle monitoring transvaginal sonography

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Hilgers, T. W., Kimball, C. R., Keck, S. J., Dvorak, A. D., Tamisiea, D. F., & Yaksich, P. J. (1992). Assessment of the empty follicle syndrome by transvaginal sonography. *Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine*, *11*(7), 313-316. https://doi.org/10.7863/jum.1992.11.7.313

Keywords

Abortion, Spontaneous/diagnostic Imaging, Adult, Female, Follicular Atresia, Humans, Infertility, Female/diagnostic Imaging, Menstrual Cycle, Ovarian Diseases/diagnostic Imaging, Pregnancy, Prevalence, Prospective Studies, Syndrome, Ultrasonography,

Assessment of the empty follicle syndrome by transvaginal sonography

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