Quote Originally Posted by Zen View Post
transvaginal ultrasound
The most awkward of ultrasound procedures! (Especially when done by a beginning resident at a teaching hospital...... But as a resident's wife I note here that I'm all for being a practice case as long as someone checks after them.. for examinations anyway.)

Unfortunately, the uterine lining is not only one place where endometriosis can form, it can be all over the place. (Really: all over, including, in hard-core cases, just about any muscle of the body.....) The transvaginal ultrasound gives hints, but it can't rule endometriosis out.