STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between anatomic locations and diameter of endometriotic lesions with severity of perimenstrual dyschezia (pain with defecation) as a possible location-indicating pain symptom for posterior deep…
To describe the US characteristics of masses that, based on pattern recognition, are presumed to be an endometrioma. The IOTA study included 3513 patients with an adnexal mass. All patients were scanned following the same US protocol. The U…
To define which US characteristics are suggestive for endometriosis and with which ultrasound features “atypical” endometriomas (Eomas) present. The IOTA study included 3513 patients with an adnexal mass. Histologically proven Eomas were in…
We sought to evaluate the accuracy and potential limitations of transvaginal sonography (TVS) in the preoperative evaluation of patients with bladder endometriosis. Over 656 patients operated between 2001 and 2006 at our institution for sus…
To describe the clinical and sonographic features of abdominal wall endometriotic nodules. Fifteen women (mean age 36 (range, 30–48)) years, with pathologically proven endometriosis of the abdominal wall were retrospectively recruited durin…
The aim of this study was to assess the long-term outcome of treating severely symptomatic women with deep infiltrating intestinal endometriosis by laparoscopic segmental rectosigmoid resection. Detailed intraoperative and postoperative rec…
To evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) in the diagnosis of deep infiltrating endometriosis of the posterior compartment (rectovaginal septum, rectosigmoid) when undertaken by sonographers of differing experience. Sonograp…
The diagnosis of endometritis is often a challenging task, as signs and symptoms are non-specific and the sonographic findings are variable, including thickening and irregularity of the endometrium and fluid or debris accumulated within the…
Purpose: To assess the transvaginal sonographic pattern of peritoneal inclusion cysts, a common consequence of adhesions formation often related to pelvic surgery, endometriosis and pelvic inflammatory disease. Patients and methods: Twenty‐…