Women's Health Diagnostic Tests Available

Diagnostic Tests and Screenings Available at Loyola

Loyola’s women’s health specialists provide recommendations for timely and appropriate screenings, tests and vaccinations based on your age and risk factors. Your healthcare team knows that preventive care and routine screenings lead to better outcomes.

Loyola’s clinicians are also highly experienced in diagnosing and caring for a wide variety of conditions occurring during pregnancy; our maternal-fetal medicine specialists work closely with certified genetic specialists to provide complete pre- and post-conception genetic testing and counseling services.

For the diagnosis of pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence, pelvic pain and other gynecologic conditions, Loyola offers the most advanced imaging available, including endoscopy and advanced ultrasound technology.

Diagnostic testing for women’s health includes:

  • Advanced obstetric ultrasound
  • Alpha fetoprotein (AFP) blood test
  • Amniocentesis
  • Anorectal manometry
  • Anoscopy
  • Barium enema
  • Bladder function test
  • Breast MRI
  • Breast self exam
  • Breast ultrasound
  • Chorionic villus sampling (CVS)
  • Clinical breast exam
  • Colonoscopy
  • Cordocentesis or umbilical cord sampling
  • CT scan (computed tomography)
  • Cystography
  • Cystoscopy
  • Defecography
  • Ductogram
  • Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)
  • Glucose screening
  • Image-guided breast biopsy
  • Intravenous pyelogram
  • Mammogram
  • MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
  • Nipple discharge exam
  • Nonstress tests (NST)
  • Pelvic floor strength tests
  • Post-void residual measurement (PVR)
  • Rectal dye injection
  • Triple test
  • Ultrasound
  • Urethroscopy
  • Urinalysis
  • Urodynamics
  • X-ray