Hyperechoic in ultrasound diagnosis means a high density of education. Hyperechogenous formations in the uterus can be calcium deposits, most often of minor dimensions. Some benign tumors and malignancies also look like hyperechoic inclusions in the uterus when performing ultrasound.
Types of hyperechoic formations in the uterus
- The central part of the endometrium in the middle of the menstrual cycle becomes hyperechoic, surrounded by a hypoechogenic rim. During the period itself, it becomes completely hyperechoic, increased in thickness.
- The presence of hyperechoic inclusions in the uterus is not a sign of pregnancy , but evidence of the presence of any formations in its cavity. Thus, polyps and myomas are diagnosed.
- In the structure of fibrotic polyps often have hyperechoic inclusions. In rare cases, the entire structure of such a polyp can be hyperechoic.
- When the pregnancy is interrupted at a later date , the fragments of the fetal skeleton remaining in the uterus are calcified and determined as hyperechoic inclusions with an acoustic shadow. In such cases, patients often have profuse menstruation and secondary infertility.
- Uterine fibroids, especially neglected, often acquire the appearance of hyperechoic. Also, in myomas can be present calcinates, which look like hyperechoic formations with a distal shadow. In almost all cases, myomas are multiple, also disrupt the normal contour or move the uterine cavity.
- The presence of air bubbles during the ultrasound is displayed as a hyperechoic inclusion, sometimes with the effect of a comet's tail, an acoustic type. This type of formation occurs in cases of chronic endometritis, also after surgical curettage of the uterus.
- Calcified sites that look like hyperechoic inclusions occur in the myomatous nodes of the uterine cavity. After surgical intrauterine interventions, as well as in the postpartum period, blood clots in the uterine cavity can be visualized as hyperechoic inclusions.