Deep pelvic endometriosis may involve the uterosacral ligaments, cul-de-sac of Douglas, vagina, rectum, and occasionally the bladder. Evaluation by physical examination is difficult, and imaging techniques are needed to evaluate the locatio…
The sclerosing stromal tumor (SST) of the ovary is a distinct benign neoplasm that differs from fibromas, thecomas, luteinized tumors and lipoid cell tumors. It accounts for 6% of ovarian stromal tumors and tends to occur at an earlier age.…
Endometriosis is a common disease that affects about 20% of women of childbearing age. At transabdominal and endovaginal ultrasound, in 90% of cases, ovarian endometriosis appears as a homogeneous lesion with low level echoes most often ass…
The aim of our study is to evaluate the diagnostic and therapeutic attitude toward endometriosis of the bladder. We have analysed four observations treated in the gynecologic service of Hotel-Dieu in Paris between January 1989 and January 1…
OBJECTIVE: To assess the value of a hyperdense focus seen on CT scans of endometrial cysts in the differential diagnosis of a lesion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The preoperative CT scans of 328 patients with 410 ovarian masses (54 patients wit…
The preoperative CT scan of 4 patients who had surgery for endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the ovaries were studied retrospectively and the results correlated to operative and pathological findings. 1) All tumors were bilateral. 2) Uterine i…