{"paper_id":"a8db3dd4-0860-4e27-9175-7b71dc69271e","body_text":"Computed Tomography of Endometriosis\n- Elliot K. Fishman\n- John C. Scatarige\n- Faysal A. Saksouk\n- Neil B. Rosenshein\n- Stanley S. Siegelman\nSix examples of pelvic masses due to endometriosis were detected by computed tomography (CT) in a group of women aged 30–43. Lower abdominal or pelvic pain was the chief complaint in four cases. The ileum and rectosigmoid were routinely opacified with contrast material prior to examination. Endometriosis exhibited a variety of findings including a constricting rectosigmoid mass, a lesion of the pelvic side wall, bowel wall implants, and posthysterectomy pelvic masses. There was no standard CT density: the lesion near the pelvic side wall appeared solid, one cul-de-sac mass appeared solid, and a second had a mixed eystic and solid appearance. Discrete adnexal endometriosis appeared as thick-walled cystic masses (two cases) or as a simple eyst (one case). Bowel wall involvement and the pelvic side wall lesion were not successfully identified by ultrasound. It is concluded that CT can play a role in the diagnosis of endometriosis.","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}