PAOLETTI, ANNA MARIA

Abstract OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to assess whether a single determination of the serum cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) level provides additional information to sonography for specific diagnosis of benign adnexal masses in prem…

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common symptom by that depends a strong impairment of woman’s quality of life. The high incidence of CPP together with the procedures needed to identify the etiology ad to manage the treatment of CPP weight on…

Deep pelvic endometriosis is defined as subperitoneal infiltration of endometrial implants in the uterosacral ligaments, rectum, rectovaginal septum, vagina, or bladder. Although laparoscopy and biopsy remain the gold standard for diagnosis…

Ovarian cysts are a common cause of hospital admission in several countries. For this reason, and because of the increasing impact of minimal access surgery in clinical practice, a preoperative assessment that offers a reasonable degree of …

Objective: To assess the role of transvaginal ultrasonography combined with CA-125 plasma levels in the diagnosis of endometrioma. \n \nDesign: Prospective study with pathological confirmation of the diagnosis. \n \nSetting: Department of…

Endometriomas have a prevalence of 24% among all ovarian cysts. Various \nsonographic features have been proposed to identify endometriomas. Although the \nvisualization of ovarian masses with low-level internal echoes is suggestive for \n…

We have evaluated the prevalence of endometriosis in selected gynaecological conditions requiring surgery. Eligible for the study were women with primary or secondary sterility, chronic pelvic pain, fibroids or benign ovarian cysts requirin…