Author(s)

Patricia Yekpe Ahouansou^1*, Sbmg Adjadohoun¹, M. Saka¹, G. N’Gamo¹, T. E. Sansuamou², Kofi-Mensa Savi De Tove³, Olivier Biaou¹, Vicentia Boco¹

¹National Teaching University Hospital Hubert Koutoukou Maga (CNHU-HKM), Medical Scanning Unit/University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin.
²Radiology Department, Teaching University Hospital-Mother and Child Hospital, Cotonou, Benin (CHU-MEL).
³Radiology and Medical Imaging Department, Departemental Teaching University Hospital Borgou, Parakou, Benin.

Objective: The aim of this piece of work is to study the contribution of pelvic ultrasound while exploring pelvic pathologies at Hubert Koutoukou Maga Teaching University Hospital “CNHU-HKM” and at the Teaching University Hospital of Mother and Child “CHU-MEL” of Cotonou. Patients and Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional and analytical study with prospective collec-tion was carried out at the University Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics “CUGO” at the CNHU-HKM and in the gynecology department of the CHU-MEL, over a period of 4 months (May to August 2018). We included in this study women over 12 years old who performed a pelvic ultrasound and were followed in the aforementioned health centers. Results: The population of the study consisted of 181 patients. The pelvic ultrasound request frequency was 18.84% compared to all ultrasound examinations. The age group of 25 - 29 years old was the most represented (22.10%). Pelvic pain was the first mo-tive for pelvic ultrasound request (39.8%). The abnormalities found by ultra-sound were uterine and ovarian respectively in 55.4% and 38% of cases. Uter-ine pathology was dominated by uterine myoma (44%). Ovarian cyst (13%) and ovarian dystrophy (14%) were the main ovarian pathologies. There was a statistically significant relationship between certain reasons for consultation, mainly metrorrhagia, dysmenorrhoea, amenorrhoea, leucorrhoea (p < 5%) and the ultrasound result. Conclusion: The ultrasound remains the first choice examination and is of a great value in exploring pelvic pathologies. In most cases, it helps to find the responsible lesion and to make the appropriate ther-apeutic decisions.

Ultrasound, Pelvis, Woman, Cotonou

Ahouansou, P. , Adjadohoun, S. , Saka, M. , N’Gamo, G. , Sansuamou, T. , Tove, K. , Biaou, O. and Boco, V. (2020) The Contribution of Ultrasound in Exploring Women Pelvic Pathologies in Two Teaching University Hospitals Maternities in Cotonou. Open Journal of Radiology, 10, 173-183. doi: 10.4236/ojrad.2020.103017.