Arnaldo Scardapane

No ORCID on file · 15 papers in corpus · active 2010-2025

Study types

  • article 11
  • review 3
  • letter 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 14
  • die_deep_infiltrating 5
  • infertility 2
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • adenomyosis 1
article 2025
Case reports and literature review of neuro-endometriosis: beyond degenerative spine disease
·doi:10.23736/s0393-3660.25.06075-9

Endometriosis is a prevalent benign gynecological disorder affecting 10-15% of women of reproductive age, often manifesting as pelvic pain and infertility. While the pelvic peritoneum, ovaries, and rectovaginal septum are the most commonly …

review 2021
Magnetic resonance imaging for deep infiltrating endometriosis: current concepts, imaging technique and key findings
Insights into imaging ·doi:10.1186/s13244-021-01054-x

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent chronic disease affecting about 10% of reproductive-age women with symptoms like pelvic pain and infertility. Pathologically, it is defined by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cav…

review 2021
Ultrasound of the Uterosacral Ligament, Parametrium, and Paracervix: Disagreement in Terminology between Imaging Anatomy and Modern Gynecologic Surgery
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm10030437

Ultrasound is an effective tool to detect and characterize lesions of the uterosacral ligament, parametrium, and paracervix. They may be the site of diseases such as endometriosis and the later stages of cervical cancer. Endometriosis and a…

article 2019
Fusion Imaging: A Novel Diagnostic Tool for Nerve-sparing Surgery for Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2019.07.004
review 2019
RETRACTED: Dye diffusion during laparoscopic tubal patency tests may suggest a lymphatic contribution to dissemination in endometriosis: A prospective, observational study
PloS one ·doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0226264

AIM: Women with adenomyosis are at higher risk of endometriosis recurrence after surgery. This study was to assess if the lymphatic vessel network drained from the uterus to near organs where endometriosis foci lied. METHODS: A prospective…

article 2017
Magnetic Resonance Colonography May Predict the Need for Bowel Resection in Colorectal Endometriosis
BioMed research international ·doi:10.1155/2017/5981217

PURPOSE: To define if MRI findings in patients with deep pelvic endometriosis (DPE) may be predictive for the need of bowel resection. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective survey of 196 pelvic MRIs of women who received laparoscopic proced…

letter 2016
Regarding “Continuous Amenorrhea May be Insufficient to Stop the Progression of Colorectal Endometriosis”
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2016.06.010
article 2014
Standard high-resolution pelvic MRI vs. low-resolution pelvic MRI in the evaluation of deep infiltrating endometriosis
European radiology ·doi:10.1007/s00330-014-3297-4
article 2013
Deep pelvic endometriosis: accuracy of pelvic MRI completed by MR colonography Endometriosi pelvica profonda: accuratezza della risonanza magnetica pelvica completata con colonografia-RM

Purpose. This study assessed the diagnostic accuracy of pelvic magnetic resonance (MR) imaging completed by MR colonography for the preoperative evaluation of deep pelvic endometriosis in patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery. Materials …

article 2013
Rectosigmoid endometriosis: Comparison between CT water enema and video laparoscopy
Clinical radiology ·doi:10.1016/j.crad.2013.02.013
article 2012
Accuracy of transvaginal sonography and contrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance‐colonography for the presurgical staging of deep infiltrating endometriosis
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.11179

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance-colonography (CE-MR-C) for the presurgical assessment of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). METHODS: Ninety women were enro…

article 2011
Diagnosis of colorectal endometriosis: contribution of contrast enhanced MR-colonography
European radiology ·doi:10.1007/s00330-011-2079-5
article 2011
OC11.05: Accuracy of transvaginal sonography and contrast‐enhanced MR‐colonography for the pre‐surgical assessment of deep pelvic endometriosis
·doi:10.1002/uog.9155

To investigate accuracy of TVS and contrast-enhanced MR-colonography (CE-MR-C) for pre-surgical assessment of deep pelvic endometriosis. Prospective, single center study (January 2010–January 2011). Twenty-five women with suspicious of DPE.…

article 2010
Accuratezza diagnostica della colonografia-RM nella valutazione dell'endometriosi intestinale
article 2010
Deep pelvic endometriosis: MR colonography increases the detection of colorectal involvement
·doi:10.1594/ecr2010/c-1295

Poster: ECR 2010 / C-1295 / Deep pelvic endometriosis: MR colonography increases the detection of colorectal involvement by: Scardapane, S. Bettocchi, M. Lasciarrea, F. Lorusso, A. A. A. Stabile Ianora, M. Moschetta, G. Angelelli; Bari/IT