Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by the presence of ectopic endometrium-like tissue in extrauterine sites (ovaries, uterosacral ligaments, fallopian tubes or peritoneum), affecting up to 10% of young women. Clinical ma…
To correlate the elastographic characteristics of rectosigmoid endometriotic nodules with symptoms and histology. This prospective study included patients with rectosigmoid endometriotic nodules scheduled for laparoscopic segmental colourec…
OBJECTIVES: To describe sonographic characteristics of malignant transformation in endometrioid cysts. METHODS: Women with a histological diagnosis of ovarian endometrioid cysts, borderline tumors arising in endometrioid cysts and carcinom…
BackgroundMalignant transformation may occur in up to 1% of women with endometriosis and only 20% of these cases occur at extragonadal pelvic sites. Similarly, urinary tract endometriosis is rare and occurs in only 1% of all endometriotic l…