Monica Pilloni
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· 24 papers in corpus
· active 2008-2025
Study types
- article 18
- review 3
- other 2
- book-chapter 1
Condition tags
- endometriosis 17
- mesh:D004715 7
- die_deep_infiltrating 5
- adenomyosis 3
- endometrioma 1
- chronic_pelvic_pain 1
- bladder_endometriosis 1
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review
2025
INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a chronic disease characterized by endometriotic cells implanted outside the uterus triggering a chronic inflammatory state. Estradiol stimulates the endometriotic implants, which overexpress estrogen receptor…
article
2023
to investigate the prevalence of a new three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound marker of presence of adenomyosis, the roots sign. We evaluated the prevalence roots sign in a series of 48 volumes suspected for the presence of direct and indirect u…
review
2022
In recent years, due to the development of standardized diagnostic protocols associated with an improvement in the associated technology, the diagnosis of pelvic endometriosis using imaging is becoming a reality. In particular, transvaginal…
book-chapter
2022
article
2021
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the reproducibility of ultrasonographic (US) findings of rectosigmoid endometriosis among examiners with different level of expertise using stored three-dimensional (3D) volumes of the posterior compartment of the pelv…
article
2021
The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of seven classical machine learning (ML) models trained with ultrasound (US) soft markers to raise suspicion of endometriosis of uterosacral ligaments. Input data to the models was retrieved…
review
2019
Uterine fibroids (UFs) are the most common gynaecological benign disease. Even though often asymptomatic, UFs can worsen women's health and their quality of life, causing heavy bleeding and anaemia, pelvic discomfort and reduced fertility. …
article
2019
This observational study was conducted in premenopausal women who presented themselves at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the University Hospital of Cagliari (Italy), for heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) dependent on uterine myoma…
article
2015
article
2015
In the menopausal transition (MT), combined oral contraceptive (COC) should be chosen accordingly to its neutrality on liver metabolism and to its ability to counter the increase of fat mass (FM) that occurs in this reproductive period of l…
article
2013
article
2013
The COCs evolution has been obtained with new and differents progestinic compounds associated with lower doses of EE (ethinylestradiol). The revolution in the COCs field is the introduction of estradiol valerate (E2V), ester of the natural …
other
2012
PURPOSE: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of MRI and "tenderness-guided" transvaginal ultrasonography (tg-TVUS) in the identification of recto-sigmoid endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Institutional Review Board approval for this stu…
article
2012
OBJECTIVES: To investigate differences in tissue characterization using three-dimensional sonographic mean gray value (MGV) between retrocervical and rectosigmoid deeply infiltrating endometriosis, and to assess intra- and interobserver con…
article
2011
To evaluate 1. the prevalence of ultrasonographic diagnosis of deep endometriosis in patients with clinical suspicion and 2. to assess mean gray value (MGV) of nodules of deep endometriosis in different location also evaluating the reproduc…
article
2011
To compare two different methods (manual sampling of all the cyst and semiautomated spherical sampling from the central part of cyst) for performing mean gray value (MGV) evaluation of cystic content in endometriomas using Virtual Organ Com…
article
2010
article
2010
To standardize the image display for the assessment deep pelvic endometriosis using three dimensional ultrasonography (3DTVS). Twenty volumes from women with surgically confirmed of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) at level of rectovag…
article
2009
The aim of our study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal tenderness guided ultrasonography and pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the identification of rectosigmoid endometriosis. The study was performed in 59 pat…
article
2009
To present a rare case of endometrial stromal sarcoma arising in endometriosis of the rectovaginal septum. A 57-year-old postmenopausal woman with no apparent previous history of endometriosis presented with recent onset of pelvic pain. Tra…
article
2009
The purpose of this presentation is to investigate the potential role of three-dimensional ultrasound (3D) in the assessment of deep endometriosis. Cases of deep endometriosis are presented to illustrate the spectrum of sonographic appearan…
article
2009
Deep infiltrating endometriosis can also involve the bladder and is associated with severe chronic pelvic pain and dysuria. Transvaginal ultrasonography (TVS) is considered the first-line procedure in the assessment of deep endometriosis. T…
other
2009
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this presentation is to investigate the potential role of 3-dimensional (3D) sonography in the assessment of deep endometriosis. METHODS: Cases of deep endometriosis are presented to illustrate the spectrum of app…
article
2008
Extrauterine pelvic diseases include several kinds of adnexal masses. In addition, pelvic adhesions and deep endometriosis can be considered extrauterine pelvic diseases. In this article we will review a practical approach to adnexal pathol…