{"paper_id":"f52308ca-decd-4800-8183-71018df7584b","body_text":"ECR 2018 / C-2390\nGoing deep into Endometriosis\nCongress:\nECR 2018\nPoster Number:\nC-2390\nType:\nEducational Exhibit\nKeywords:\nEducation and training, Contrast agent-other, Complications, MR, Genital / Reproductive system female, Abdomen\nAuthors:\nE. V. Hernandez1, D. grammatico2, L. Coto Solari3, J. Mazzucco4; 1Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires/AR, 2Bs as/AR, 3Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires/AR, 4San Isidro, bu/AR\nDOI:\n10.1594/ecr2018/C-2390\nLearning objectives\nTo demonstrate the most common locations of endometrosis foci and the advantages of MR in the diagnosis and planning of surgical strategy.\nBackground\nEndometriosis is a disease of high prevalence in women of reproductive age and is playing a very important role nowadays.\nA few years ago this disease was not well known and doctors did not have the resources to make a good diagnosis as they do today.\nAs the French medical doctor and physiologist Claude Bernard would say: \"Who does not know what he is looking for does not know what he will find\".\nEndometriosis is defined histologically as the presence of endometrial glands and stroma,...\nFindings and procedure details\nHIGH RESOLUTION PELVIS RMI\nKnowledge of the normal pelvic anatomy and its compartments is paramount.\nThe pelvis compartments are three (Figure 1):\nANTERIOR: it extends from the pubic symphysis to the middle compartment and contains the urinary bladder and the urethra.\nMIDDLE:it extends from the anterior compartment to the rectovaginal fascia and contains the uterus,\nthe vagina,\nthe Fallopian tubes and the ovaries.\nPOSTERIOR: it extends from the rectovaginal fascia to the sacrococcyx and contains rectum and anus.\nThe peritoneum extends from the bladder roof...\nConclusion\nAlthough the initial study method is the ultrasound,\nhigh resolution pelvic MRI is being used more and more frequently and has become the method of choice for the correct characterization of endometriosis.\nIt allows its classification in accordance to the extension of the commitment and provides an adequate therapeutic approach,\nwhich can be simply medical and/or surgical.\nThe surgical procedure can be planned in advance if there is an exhaustive description of the injuries provided by the radiologist.\nIt also helps to determine if more...\nReferences\nAlvarez Moreno E,\nHerraiz Hidalgo L,\nJimenez De la Peña M.\nEndometriosis,\nqué debe saber el radiólogo.\nSERAM 2012/S-0902.\nViguer Benavent R,\nMontoliu Fornas G,\nRudenko P.\nRM pélvica en la endometriosis.\nSERAM 20127S-0403\nSiegelman E,\nOliver E.\nMR Imaging of endometriosis: ten imaging pearls.\nOctober special issue 2012.\nPardini L,\nBlasbalg R,\nMendes R.\nFindings os pelvic endometriosis.\nRadiographics.\nJuly-August 2011,\nvol 31,\nissue 4.\nCoutinho A,\nBittencourt L,\nPires C.\nMR Imaging in deep pelvic endometriosis: a pictorial essay.\nRadiographics,\nMarch-April 2011,\nvol...","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}