Systematic, noninvasive endometriosis diagnosis in transvaginal sonography by the Swiss Society of Ultrasound in Medicine

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This paper introduces a systematic, checklist-based transvaginal sonography method for assessing endometriosis in the female pelvis, using the White Sliding Line to evaluate mobility and morphology across compartments.

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This paper presents a new systematic, checklist-based transvaginal sonography framework for assessing endometriosis in the female true pelvis, emphasizing practical skills teaching and grounding the approach in prior consensus (including the 2016 IDEA Consensus and later developments). The method centers on the White Sliding Line (WSL), which is used to divide the pelvis into five compartments and prompts targeted checks for endometriosis signs of mobility and morphology. A major caveat is that the paper describes the assessment scheme and its teaching structure rather than providing diagnostic performance data in the provided text. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it develops and systematizes a noninvasive transvaginal ultrasound checklist for identifying endometriosis signs.

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We present a new systematic, comprehensive, checklist-based sonographic assessment of endometriosis in the female true pelvis. Emphasis is placed on practical skills teaching. The newly introduced White Sliding Line (WSL) is the core structure. The WSL separates five compartments (anterior, central, posterior, and lateral right and left) containing dedicated endometriosis signs of mobility and morphology to be checked. This approach relies on the 2016 IDEA Consensus and further developments. It directly connects to the 2021 #ENZIAN Classification Standard. In practice, evaluation follows the proposed checklist in all compartments, judging first sliding mobility between organs and structures in a highly dynamic investigation. A rigorous search for deep endometriosis (DE) is then performed. We treat adhesions due to their great clinical importance and possible, reliable diagnosis by TVS as the fifth endometriosis unit, next to endometrioma, DE, adenomyosis, and superficial endometriosis. Including superficial (peritoneal) endometriosis is a future goal. // Wir präsentieren eine systematische, umfassende, auf einer Checkliste basierende sonografische Abklärung der Endometriose im weiblichen kleinen Becken. Das Übermitteln praktischer Fähigkeiten stellt einen Schwerpunkt dar. Der neu eingeführten White Sliding Line (WSL) kommt dabei eine Schlüsselrolle zu. Die WSL ermöglicht die Einteilung in 5 Kompartimente (anterior, zentral, posterior und lateral rechts und links). Diese enthalten dedizierte Endometriose-Zeichen zur Mobilität und Morphologie. Die vorgeschlagene Systematik beruht auf dem IDEA-Konsensus von 2016 und dessen Erweiterungen. Sie leitet direkt in die #Enzian-Klassifikation von 2021 über. In der Praxis wird gemäß der Checkliste in einer betont dynamischen Untersuchung nach reduziertem oder aufgehobenem Sliding zwischen Organen und Strukturen gefahndet, gefolgt von einer rigorosen Suche nach tiefen Endometriose-Läsionen. Die große klinische Bedeutung der Adhäsionen und ihre zuverlässige sonografische Beurteilbarkeit lässt uns diese als 5. Entität der Endometriose behandeln, nebst Endometriomen, tiefer Endometriose, Adenomyose und oberflächlicher Endometriose. In Zukunft soll möglichst auch die oberflächliche (peritoneale) Endometriose in die Systematik aufgenommen werden.
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We present a new systematic, comprehensive, checklist-based sonographic assessment of endometriosis in the female true pelvis. Emphasis is placed on practical skills teaching. The newly introduced White Sliding Line (WSL) is the core structure. The WSL separates five compartments (anterior, central, posterior, and lateral right and left) containing dedicated endometriosis signs of mobility and morphology to be checked. This approach relies on the 2016 IDEA Consensus and further developments. It directly connects to the 2021 #ENZIAN Cl Metrics Views Additional indexing Other titles Other titles Other titles Creators (Authors) Volume Volume Volume Number Number Number Page range/Item number Page range/Item number Page range/Item number Page end Page end Page end Item Type Item Type Item Type In collections Dewey Decimal Classifikation Dewey Decimal Classifikation Dewey Decimal Classifikation Language Language Language Publication date Publication date Publication date Date available Date available Date available ISSN or e-ISSN ISSN or e-ISSN ISSN or e-ISSN OA Status OA Status OA Status Publisher DOI Metrics Views Citations Metzler, J. M., Finger, L., Burkhardt, T., Hodel, M. E., Manegold-Brauer, G., Imboden, S., Pape, J., Imesch, P., Witzel, I., & Bajka, M. (2024). Systematic, noninvasive endometriosis diagnosis in transvaginal sonography by the Swiss Society of Ultrasound in Medicine. Ultraschall in der Medizin, 45, 367–388. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2241-5233

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