Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001)

PurposeTo assess the elasticity of the pelvic floor muscle (PFM) affected by deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) with transperineal elastography.MethodsThis prospective observational study included 88 patients who were diagnosed with DIE,…

PurposeAdenomyosis is the presence of endometrial glandular and stromal tissue in the myometrium. This phenomenon can be the cause of excessive bleeding and menstrual pain in premenopausal women. Diagnosis of adenomyosis may present difficu…

PurposeTo investigate the feasibility of acoustic radiation force impulse imaging in differentiation of endometriomas and hemorrhagic ovarian cysts.Materials and methodsWe evaluated 84 ovarian cysts with high internal echogenicity diagnosed…

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 …

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to clarify the usefulness of the gray-level histogram width for tissue characterization of the uterine myometrium.MethodsThirty-five patients with uterine fibroids, 5 patients with adenomyosis, and 9 pat…

PurposeEndometriosis and endometriotic ovarian cysts are common gynecologic diseases. Excision of the cyst wall by laparotomy or laparoscopy is the standard treatment for endometriotic ovarian cysts. However, some young patients with cysts …