A. Piras

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus · active 2013-2020

Study types

  • book-chapter 7
  • article 3

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 7
  • endometrioma 3
  • die_deep_infiltrating 2
  • dyspareunia 2
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • adenomyosis 1
book-chapter 2020
·doi:10.1007/978-3-030-52984-0_16
book-chapter 2020
·doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50446-5_5
book-chapter 2019
·doi:10.1201/9781351106375-2

Endometriosis is a chronic multifactorial disease. It is caused by the spread of endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity. The transvaginal ultrasound is considered the first-line, noninvasive diagnostic method for the accur…

book-chapter 2019
·doi:10.1201/9781351106375-4

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a pathology of a woman's reproductive organs that originates from an infectious process spread through the cervix to the uterus, fallopian tubes up to the ovaries, and pelvic peritoneum. PID is the main …

article 2019
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.20289

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of ultrasound (US) soft markers as a first-line imaging tool to raise suspicion of rectosigmoid (RS) involvement in women suspected of having deep endometriosis. METHODS: We included…

book-chapter 2018
·doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71138-6_10
book-chapter 2018
·doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71138-6_13
article 2017
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine ·doi:10.1002/jum.14496

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of 2-dimensional (2D) and 3-dimensional (3D) transvaginal ultrasonography (US) in comparison with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for identification of deep infiltrating endometriosis. METHOD…

book-chapter 2016
·doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41037-1_3
article 2013
Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) ·doi:10.1007/s10396-013-0514-8