{"paper_id":"fcf97ad0-394d-493a-8ed6-a41c730d3eac","body_text":"Riassunto\nL’endometriosi è definita come una patologia nella quale ghiandole endometriali e stroma sono presenti al di fuori della cavità e della muscolatura uterine. Non è del tutto chiaro se sia necessaria la contemporanea presenza di tessuto ghiandolare e di stroma ai fini della diagnosi anatomopatologica [1, 2].\nAccess this chapter\nTax calculation will be finalised at checkout\nPurchases are for personal use only\nPreview\nUnable to display preview. Download preview PDF.\nBibliografia\nOlive DL, Schwartz LB (1993) Endometriosis. N Engl J Med 328:1759–1769\nDel Frate C, Girometti R, Pittino M et al (2006) Deep pelvic endometriosis: MR imaging appearance with laparoscopic correlation. Radiographics 26:1705–1718\nWoodward PF, Sohaey R, Mezzetti TP (2001) Endometriosis: radiologic-pathologic correlation. 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