S. Guerriero

STUDY QUESTION: Do sonographic characteristics of ovarian endometriomas vary with age in premenopausal women? SUMMARY ANSWER: With increasing age, multilocular cysts and cysts with papillations and other solid components become more common…

INTRODUCTION: Suppression of sex-steroid secretion is required in a variety of gynecological conditions. This can be achieved using gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists that bind pituitary gonadotropin receptors and antagonize the…

To perform a systematic review of studies comparing the diagnostic accuracy of TVS and MRI in Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis (DIE). An extensive search of papers comparing TVS and MRI in DIE was performed in Medline (Pubmed) and EMBASE fro…

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…

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…

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…

To assess ultrasonographic features of adnexal endometriomas in relation to patient age in premenopausal patients. Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of 5914 adnexal masses from the International Ovarian Tumor Analysis (IOTA) study. All…

To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) in the preoperative detection of deep endometriosis, using the pathologic and/or surgical data as a reference standard. An extensive search was performed in Medline (Pubm…

To compare two-dimensional ultrasonography (2DUS), three dimensional ultrasonography (3DUS) and magnetic resonance (MR) in the detection of deep endometriosis. The study included 147 patients scheduled for surgery from January 2009 to Decem…

The MUSA (Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment) statement is a consensus statement on terms, definitions and measurements that may be used to describe and report the sonographic features of the myometrium using gray-scale sonography,…

Several imaging options are available today to diagnose endometriosis. Currently, the two techniques most used are sonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Three-dimensional (3D) sonography has proved to be particularly sensitive in…

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonography in comparison with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This diagnostic test study included 117 patients scheduled for surgery becau…

BACKGROUND: To compare different ultrasound-based international ovarian tumour analysis (IOTA) strategies and risk of malignancy index (RMI) for ovarian cancer diagnosis using a meta-analysis approach of centre-specific data from IOTA3. ME…

STUDY QUESTION: In the use of 'tenderness-guided' transvaginal ultrasound, is the diagnostic accuracy of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonography better than two-dimensional (2D) ultrasonography in the identification of deep endometriosis? S…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the diagnostic confidence of multiple readers in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnosis of endometriosis. METHODS: Sixty-five patients (mean age 33; range 19-45 years) who had undergone MRI were retrospectively…

Among gynecological malignancies, ovarian cancer is the most frequent cause of death. Image mining algorithms have been predominantly used to give the physicians a more objective, fast, and accurate second opinion on the initial diagnosis m…

OBJECTIVE: To 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 usin…

The imaging techniques have a fundamental role in the diagnosis of endometriosis. Ovarian endometriosis (endometrioma) and deep endometriosis can be recognized using transvaginal ultrasound and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Although …

To compare the diagnostic accuracy of 2D and 3D “tenderness-guided” transvaginal ultrasonography in the identification of deep endometriosis. Two-hundred and two patients (mean age, 34 years) with clinical suspicion of deep pelvic endometri…

to evaluate real-time dynamic transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) in the prediction of pouch of Douglas (POD) obliteration in women undergoing laparoscopy for suspected endometriosis and the relationship with the duration of surgery. 171 patients…

To evaluate diagnostic accuracy of presence of kissing ovaries at transvaginal ultrasonography as a markers of posterior severe deep endometriosis as described by Ghezzi et al in 2005. In this prospective study, performed between January 20…

To investigate the intraobserver and interobserver agreements of three-dimensional ultrasonography (3D US) in the diagnosis of deep endometriosis evaluating also the effect of specific training. Two sonographers (one expert with more than 1…