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    Sonohysterography: Time to Step up its Use in Gynaecologic Imaging in West Africa

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    Sonohysterography is a simple, safe and convenient technique that is easily and rapidly performed in the ultrasound room; yet the technique seems to be underutilized in West Africa. We present two cases that were successfully carried out in our centre followed by detailed description, uses and challenges of the technique, with the hope of encouraging clinicians and sonographers in the sub-region to step up its use. Two women were referred for evaluation of their endometrial cavities on account of increasingly heavy menstrual bleeding. Sonohysterography revealed intracavity uterine masses with hyper-echoic focal thickening highly suggestive of endometrial polyps; histology confirmed the diagnosis of endometrial polyps. Sonohysterography is an affordable and feasible diagnostic modality for evaluating the endometrial cavity. Where equipment and skill permit, the technique should be used more often in the West African sub-region.La sonohystérographie est une technique simple, non dangereuse et commode, qui est accomplie dans la salle d'ultrason ; pourtant, il semble que la technique est sous utilisée en Afrique de l'Ouest. Nous présentons deux cas qui ont été accomplis dans notre centre, suivi d'une description détaillée, l'emploi et les défis de la technique, avec l'espoir d'aider des cliniciens et des sonographes de la sous–région à augmenter son emploi. Deux femmes nous ont été envoyées pour l'évaluation de leurs cavités endométriales à cause dune hémorragie menstruelle excessive. La sonohystérographie a révélé des masses utérines d'intra cavité, ayant un épaissement focaux hyper-résonnant qui indique la présence des polypes endométriales; l'histologie a confirmé le diagnostic de polypes endométriales. La sonohystérographie est une modalité diagnostique faisable et abordable pour évaluer la cavité endométriale. Là ou l'on se dispose des équipements et le savoir- faire, il faut se servir de la technique plus souvent dans la sous-région ouest africaine.Key words: Sonohysterography, transvaginal sonography, gynaecologic imaging, West Afric

    The Fetal Head-Symphysis Distance in Intrapartum Ultrasound Assessment of the Fetal Head Engagement

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    The mechanism of labor requires positional changes of the presenting fetal part in the maternal pelvis. One of the cardinal movements of labor is fetal head descent in the birth canal. Fetal head descent leads to its engagement in the birth canal. This is usually defined when the largest fetal head diameter (biparietal diameter) passes through the pelvic inlet [1]. Since this is impossible to diagnose directly, many indirect signs, usually by digital examination, are used as a proxy to engagement. Assessing fetal head descent is of utmost importance in labo
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