J L Alcazar

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus · active 1992-2025

Study types

  • article 4
  • letter 2
  • other 2
  • review 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 10
  • die_deep_infiltrating 6
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
  • infertility 1
  • endometrioma 1
  • adenomyosis 1
  • dyspareunia 1
  • dysmenorrhea 1
  • bladder_endometriosis 1
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
other 2025
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.29288

Traditionally, laparoscopy was considered to be the gold standard for the examination of endometriotic lesions, because it allows their direct visualization. Several international and national guidelines have now shifted their focus to non-…

article 2016
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.15955

The IDEA (International Deep Endometriosis Analysis group) statement is a consensus opinion on terms, definitions and measurements that may be used to describe the sonographic features of the different phenotypes of endometriosis. Currently…

review 2015
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.15662

OBJECTIVES: To review the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) in the preoperative detection of rectosigmoid endometriosis in patients with clinical suspicion of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE), comparing enhanced (E-T…

review 2015
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.15667

OBJECTIVE: To review the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) in the preoperative detection of endometriosis in the uterosacral ligaments (USL), rectovaginal septum (RVS), vagina and bladder in patients with clinical suspici…

letter 2014
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.14731

Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) is a disease that affects approximately 8–15% of fertile women. Because of this high prevalence, ultrasound examination has become a mainstay in clinical practice, which is supported by substantial evid…

letter 2014
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.14704

Linked Comment: Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2014; 44: 710–718 The diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) by ultrasound has gained attention in the last decade. As a clinician, this is an important step forward in the management of…

other 2013
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.12450
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 1992
Revue francaise de gynecologie et d'obstetrique

Catamenial pneumothorax is a clinical variant of spontaneous pneumothorax. Its etiology is attributed either, generally, to endometriosis involving the diaphragm, or to prostaglandin-induced bronchiolar constriction. Clinically, it coincide…

article 1992
Journal de gynecologie, obstetrique et biologie de la reproduction

We describe a case of menstrual rectal bleeding due to sigmoid endometriosis. The history led us to the diagnosis and since a small biopsy of the lesion and scanning could not help us to a conclusive diagnosis we carried out histological ex…