Preliminary Programme

Advanced course in gynecological ultrasound
Malmö, Sweden • 19-23 January 2026

Venue

Medicinskt Konferenscentrum Malmö
Jan Waldenströms gata 1, Malmö, Sweden

Monday, 19th January

Ultrasound technique

9.00 – 10.00

Registration, coffee

10.00 – 10.15

Introduction

Lil Valentin

10.15 – 10.45

Diagnostic test

Lil Valentin

10.45 – 11.00

ISUOG information

Ligita Jokubkiene

11.00 – 11.55

Ultrasound physics: gray scale

Per-Åke Olofsson

5 min Q&A

12.00 – 13.00

Lunch

13.00 – 13.30

Ultrasound physics: Doppler

Per-Åke Olofsson

5 min Q&A

13.35 – 14.05

Pitfalls with Doppler, 3D ultrasound

Ligita Jokubkiene

5 min Q&A

14.10 – 14.50

Examination technique and optimizing the image

Lil Valentin

5 min Q&A

14.55 – 15.15

Coffee

15.15 – 15.45

Live scan

Lil Valentin

15.45 – 16.15

Ultrasound artefacts

Sören Torp Pedersen

5 min Q&A

16.20 – 16.50

Ultrasound safety

Gail ter Haar

5 min Q&A

17.00

Get together (buffet)

Tuesday, 20th January

Adnexal masses

8.15 – 8.30

Summary of yesterday

Ligita Jokubkiene

5 min Q&A

8.35 – 9.35

Pattern recognition for diagnosing adnexal pathology

Lil Valentin

09.35 – 10.05

Coffee

10.05 – 10.50

Presentation of the IOTA studies

Lil Valentin

10 min Q&A

11.00 – 11.25

IOTA terminology

Lil Valentin

10 min Q&A

11.35 – 12.35

Lunch

12.35 – 13.35

Practising the IOTA methods

Lil Valentin

13.45 – 14.30

Pathogenesis of ovarian cancer

Gianfranco Zannoni

10 min Q&A

14.40 – 15.10

Coffee

15.10 – 15.40

Borderline ovarian tumors

Antonia Testa

10 min Q&A

15.50 – 16.20

Metastases from other primary tumors in the ovaries – pathologists view, ultrasound characteristics, role of biomarkers

Antonia Testa & Gianfranco Zannoni

10 min Q&A

16.30 – 17.15

Case presentations and just images

Antonia Testa, Ligita Jokubkiene, Povilas Sladkevicius

Wednesday, 21st January

Adnexal masses continued plus uterus

8.15 – 8.30

Summary of yesterday

Lil Valentin

5 min Q&A

08.35 – 09.05

Rare adnexal tumors

Lil Valentin

5 min Q&A

9.10 – 9.25

Evaluation of difficult adnexal masses. How to make a correct diagnosis in solid adnexal masses?

Lil Valentin

5 min Q&A

09.30 – 9.50

Retroperitoneal tumors

Antonia Testa

5 min Q&A

9.55 – 10.25

Coffee

10.25 – 10.55

Incidental findings of adnexal lesions

Lil Valentin

10 min Q&A

MYOMETRIAL PATHOLOGY
11.05 – 11.35

Uterine myometrial pathology in pathologist's eyes (benign and malignant myometrial lesions)

Gianfranco Zannoni

10 min Q&A

11.45 – 12.05

MUSA terminology

Ligita Jokubkiene

5 min Q&A

12.10 – 13.10

Lunch

13.10 – 13.40

Benign myometrial pathology

Lil Valentin

10 min Q&A

13.50 – 14.10

Uterine sarcomas

Antonia Testa

10 min Q&A

ENDOMETRIAL PATHOLOGY
14.20 – 14.40

IETA terminology

Povilas Sladkevicius

5 min Q&A

14.45 – 15.15

Coffee

15.15 – 15.40

Role of ultrasound in postmenopausal bleeding

Lil Valentin

5 min Q&A

15.45 – 16.10

Role of ultrasound in abnormal bleeding before menopause

Lil Valentin

5 min Q&A

16.15 – 16.30

Management of incidentally detected "thick endometrium"

Ligita Jokubkiene

10 min Q&A

16.40 – 17.15

Case presentations (adnex, myometrium, endometrium)

Antonia Testa, Ligita Jokubkiene, Povilas Sladkevicius

Thursday, 22nd January

Endometriosis, acute gynecology

8.15 – 8.30

Summary of yesterday

Ligita Jokubkiene

5 min Q&A

8.35 – 9.15

Endometriomas and deep infiltrating endometriosis. How to scan a patient with endometriosis

Lil Valentin

10 min Q&A

9.25 – 9.55

IDEA terminology

Lil Valentin

10 min Q&A

10.05 – 10.35

Coffee

10.35 – 11.20

How to scan a patient with endometriosis LIVE SCAN

Ligita Jokubkiene

11.20 – 11.45

Adnexal masses and endometriosis in pregnancy

Antonia Testa

10 min Q&A

11.55 – 12.30

Malignization in endometriosis with cases

Lil Valentin

10 min Q&A

12.40 – 13.40

Lunch

13.40 – 14.10

How to do 3D ultrasound of the uterus

Povilas Sladkevicius

5 min Q&A

14.15 – 14.40

Coffee (25 min)

14.40 – 15.00

Adnexal torsion

Povilas Sladkevicius

10 min Q&A

15.10 – 15.50

Ultrasound in Pelvic inflammatory disease (including drainage of abscesses)

Davor Jurkovic

10 min Q&A

16.00 – 16.40

Bowel conditions causing pelvic pain

James Stephenson

10 min Q&A

16.50 – 17.15

Case presentations (25 min)

Davor Jurkovic, James Stephenson, Antonia Testa, Povilas Sladkevicius, Ligita Jokubkiene

Friday, 23rd January

Mainly early pregnancy complications

8.05 – 08.45

IOTA TEST

Lil Valentin

08.50 – 09.05

Summary of yesterday

Povilas Sladkevicius

5 min Q&A

9.10 – 9.45

Diagnosis and management of miscarriage

Davor Jurkovic

10 min Q&A

9.55 – 10.25

Coffee

10.25 – 10.50

Vascular changes in the uterus after pregnancy

Povilas Sladkevicius

10 min Q&A

11.00 – 11.45

Diagnosis and treatment of tubal and other ectopic pregnancies - except scar pregnancy (separate lecture)

Davor Jurkovic

10 min Q&A

11.55 – 12.55

Lunch (60 min)

12.55 – 13.10

Cesarean scar pregnancy classification

Judith Huirne

5 min Q&A

13.15 – 13.40

Treatment of cesarean scar pregnancy

Davor Jurkovic

10 min Q&A

13.50 – 14.10

Pregnancy of unknown location

Ligita Jokubkiene

10 min Q&A

14.20 – 14.50

Clinical relevance of cesarean scar "niches" and how to treat them

Judith Huirne

10 min Q&A

15.00 – 15.30

COURSE TEST

15.30 – 15.50

Coffee (20 min)

15.50 – 16.20

Case presentations

Davor Jurkovic, Judith Huirne

16.20 – 16.30

Sum-up and close

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