Chocolate cyst with ground glass appearance in endometriomas

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This review article discusses the imaging characteristics of endometriosis, specifically focusing on endometriomas with a ground glass appearance.

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This short report discusses a “chocolate cyst” endometrioma showing a ground-glass appearance on imaging, using prior literature on MR and ultrasound imaging characteristics of endometriosis as context. The paper presents the imaging observation rather than conducting a study with human participants or animals, and it does not describe an explicit methodological population or statistical analysis. A key limitation is that the article does not provide detailed evidence beyond the case/report format. This paper is centrally about endometriosis—specifically the imaging appearance of an endometrioma described as having a ground-glass pattern.

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References Siegelman ES, Oliver ER (2012) MR imaging of endometriosis: ten imaging pearls. RadioGraphics 32:1675–1691. doi:10.1148/rg.326125518 Woodward PJ, Sohaey R, Mezzetti TP Jr (2001) Endometriosis: radiologic-pathologic correlation. RadioGraphics 21(1):193–216 Carbognin G, Guarise A, Minelli L, et al. (2004) Pelvic endometriosis: US and MRI features. Abdom Imaging 29:609–618 Chamié LP, Blasbalg R, Pereira RM, et al. (2011) Findings of pelvic endometriosis at transvaginal US, MR imaging, and laparoscopy. RadioGraphics 31:E77–E100. doi:10.1148/rg.314105193 Brown DL, Dudiak KM, Laing FC, et al. (2010) Adnexal masses: US characterization and reporting. Radiology 254(2):342–354 (Epub 2010 Jan 20). doi:10.1148/radiol.09090552 Author information Authors and Affiliations Corresponding author Ethics declarations Funding The present study did not receive any source of funding. Conflict of interest Dr. Bruna Bringel Bastos declares that she has no conflict of interest. Dr. Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes Fonseca declares that he has no conflict of interest. Dr. Fernando Ide Yamauchi declares that he has no conflict of interest. Dr. Ronaldo Hueb Baroni declares that he has no conflict of interest. Ethical approval This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors. Rights and permissions About this article Cite this article Bastos, B.B., Fonseca, E.K.U.N., Yamauchi, F.I. et al. Chocolate cyst with ground glass appearance in endometriomas. Abdom Radiol 42, 2957–2958 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-017-1223-3 Published: Issue date: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-017-1223-3

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endometriosis

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Endometriosis Endosonography Cysts Cysts Endometriosis Endosonography Female Humans Vagina Vagina

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