ABSTRACT: Bladder endometriosis is defined as full-thickness infiltration of the detrusor; small sub- peritoneal implants and small nodules of the vesicouterine fold cannot be considered to be bladder endometriosis. In women with endometrio…
Bladder endometriosis is defined as full-thickness infiltration of the detrusor; small sub-peritoneal implants and small nodules of the vesicouterine fold cannot be considered to be bladder endometriosis. In women with endometriosis, urinar…
BACKGROUND: This pilot study evaluates the efficacy of norethisterone acetate in treating pain and gastrointestinal symptoms of women with colorectal endometriosis. METHODS: This prospective study included 40 women with colorectal endometr…
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the presence of uterine adenomyosis may impair the amelioration of pain symptoms after laparoscopic excision of pelvic endometriosis combined with colorectal resection. STUDY DESIGN: This prospective study i…
Poster: ECR 2008 / B-729 / MSCT-enteroclysis (MSCTe) in the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis by: E. Biscaldi , S. Ferrero, V. Remorgida, G. A. Rollandi; Genova/IT
We report on a patient with a bowel endometriotic nodule that was hypointense on both T1- and T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); histologic examination revealed that the MRI appearance of the nodule was due to the presence of ext…
Although several radiological techniques have been used for the diagnosis of bowel endometriosis, no gold standard is currently established. We used multislice computerized tomography (CT) combined with the distention of the colon by rectal…
This prospective study aims to evaluate the efficacy of multislice computed tomography combined with colon distension by water enteroclysis (MSCTe) in determining the presence and depth of bowel endometriotic lesions. Ninety-eight women wit…