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Adenomyosis is a benign invasion of endometrial glands and stroma into the uterine myometrium. [1, 2]. It can present with heavy and painful menstrual bleeding or be asymptomatic [2-4]. Over last three decades the diagnosis of adenomyosis h…

To assess which uterine parameter is more reliable and accurate to distinguish between ESHRE-ESGE normal (class U0) and t-shaped (class U1a) uterus and its best cut-off value. Consecutive fertile patients with t-shaped uterus were recruited…

To evaluate the lateral (L) and the anteroposterior (AP) uterine wall thickness and their ratio (L/AP) by 3D TVS in fertile women with an ESHRE- ESGE normal (class U0), t-shaped (class U1a) and septate uterus (class U2). Consecutive fertile…

To evaluate the lateral (L) and the antero-posterior (AP) uterine wall thickness and their ratio (L/AP) by 3D-TVS in fertile women with an ESHRE - ESGE normal (class U0), t-shaped (class U1a) and septate uterus (class U2). Consecutive ferti…

To evaluate intra- and interobserver agreement in the reporting of ultrasonographic features associated with ill-defined lesions using the Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment (MUSA) terms. Multicentre clinical study, using three-dim…

To report Retzius' space retroperitoneal bladder deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE), a new and unusual anatomic site which makes challenging both the diagnosis than the surgical treatment. Consecutive fertile women with DIE complaining e…

To observe the clinical history of fertile women with symptomatic ovarian endometrioma diagnosed by 3D-transvaginal sonography (3D-TVS) and treated by medical hormone therapy (HT). Consecutive fertile women with recto-sigmoid DIE were prosp…

To evaluate the lateral and the antero-posterior uterine wall thickness and their ratio by 3D-TVS in fertile women with an ESHRE - ESGE normal (class U0), T-shaped (class U1a) and septate uterus (class U2). Consecutive fertile patients with…

To evaluate the prevalence of congenital uterine anomalies (ESHRE – ESGE classification) by 3D-TVS in a consecutive series of fertile women with recto-sigmoid deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). 223 consecutive patients with recto-sigmoi…

To observe the clinical history of fertile women with rectosigmoid DIE diagnosed by 3D-TVS. Consecutive fertile women with rectosigmoid DIE were prospectively enrolled for a longitudinal observational study during 01.01.2006 – 31.12.2015. A…

The IDEA (International Deep Endometriosis Analysis group) statement is a consensus opinion on terms, definitions and measurements that may be used to describe the sonographic features of the different phenotypes of endometriosis. Currently…

In multicentre studies, measurements will vary between centres for various reasons (e.g. subjectivity of measurements, differences in equipment, deviations from the protocol and differences in patient populations). The aim of this interim a…

The MUSA (Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment) statement is a consensus statement on terms, definitions and measurements that may be used to describe and report the sonographic features of the myometrium using gray-scale sonography,…

A 31-year-old infertile woman complaining severe dysmenorrhea with bilateral endometrioma and not evidence of recto-vaginal septa deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) implants at 3D-transvaginal sonography (3D-TVS) underwent six consecutiv…

To observe the clinical history of pre-menopausal women with recto-sigmoid deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) diagnosed by 3D-transvaginal sonography (3D-TVS) with Volume Contrast Imaging (VCI) analysis. Consecutive pre-menopausal women …

To define the sonographic morphological description and localization of deep endometriosis in a preliminary consensus statement. After a preliminary request of participation, we received several suggestions from participants about definitio…

OBJECTIVES: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of subjective evaluation of gray-scale and Doppler ultrasound findings (here called pattern recognition) when used by experienced ultrasound examiners with regard to making a specific…

AIM: To evaluate the performance of subjective evaluation of ultrasound findings (pattern recognition) to discriminate endometriomas from other types of adnexal masses and to compare the demographic and ultrasound characteristics of the tru…

To describe the US characteristics of masses that, based on pattern recognition, are presumed to be an endometrioma. The IOTA study included 3513 patients with an adnexal mass. All patients were scanned following the same US protocol. The U…

To compare three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound markers of ovarian reserve between the operated and the contralateral ovary after laparoscopic stripping of endometriomas. Thirteen patients who underwent laparoscopic excision of monolateral end…

To evaluate the accuracy of 3D transvaginal sonography (3D-TVS) in the diagnosis of deep uterine adenomyosis in symptomatic premenopausal women. Twenty-four consecutive premenopausal patients with abnormal uterine bleeding, inhomogeneous an…

To determine the diagnostic performance of subjective evaluation of ultrasound findings (pattern recognition) with regard to making a specific diagnosis in adnexal masses. Some 1066 patients in the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis study…

To determine the accuracy of 3D transvaginal sonography (3D-TVS) in the evaluation of the depth of wall infiltration of intestinal deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). Some 32 consecutive fertile women with intestinal DIE were prospective…