Pilloni M

No ORCID on file · 11 papers in corpus · active 2008-2025

Study types

  • article 7
  • other 2
  • review 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 10
  • die_deep_infiltrating 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
review 2025
Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology ·doi:10.1080/17425255.2025.2499550

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…

review 2022
Diagnostics ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics12122960

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…

article 2021
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine ·doi:10.1002/jum.15717

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 2013
Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) ·doi:10.1007/s10396-013-0514-8

ObjectiveTo compare two different methods (manual sampling of the entire cyst and semi-automated spherical sampling from the central part of the cyst) for calculating the mean gray value (MGV) from the cystic content in endometriomas using …

other 2012
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI ·doi:10.1002/jmri.22832

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
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.12292

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 2010
European journal of radiology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.01.019

PurposeDetermining if Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) accuracy in diagnosing endometriosis is related to radiologist's expertise.Methods and materialsWritten informed consent was obtained from all patients. This study is compliant to STARD…

article 2009

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…

article 2009
other 2009
Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine ·doi:10.7863/jum.2009.28.8.1061

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