Advances in Imaging for Assessing Pelvic Endometriosis

S. Guerriero; Silvia Ajossa; S. Ajossa; M. Pagliuca; Antonietta Borzacchelli; Fabio Deiala; Serena Springer; Monica Pilloni; V. Taccori; Valeria Taccori; M. Pascual; B. Graupera; Luca Saba; Juan Luis Alcázar; Juan Luis Alcazar

doi:10.3390/diagnostics12122960

Advances in Imaging for Assessing Pelvic Endometriosis

S. Guerriero, Silvia Ajossa, S. Ajossa, M. Pagliuca, Antonietta Borzacchelli, Fabio Deiala, Serena Springer, Monica Pilloni, V. Taccori, Valeria Taccori, M. Pascual, B. Graupera, Luca Saba, Juan Luis Alcázar, Juan Luis Alcazar

Diagnostics · 2022 · vol. 12(12) , pp. 2960 · doi:10.3390/diagnostics12122960 · PMID:36552967 · PMC9777476 · W4310203528

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This review discusses transvaginal ultrasound and MRI as primary imaging methods for pelvic endometriosis and explores additional techniques for assessing rectosigmoid colon involvement.

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In recent years, due to the development of standardized diagnostic protocols associated with an improvement in the associated technology, the diagnosis of pelvic endometriosis using imaging is becoming a reality. In particular, transvaginal ultrasound and magnetic resonance are today the two imaging techniques that can accurately identify the majority of the phenotypes of endometriosis. This review focuses not only on these most common imaging modalities but also on some additional radiological techniques that were proposed for rectosigmoid colon endometriosis, such as double-contrast barium enema, rectal endoscopic ultrasonography, multidetector computed tomography enema, computed tomography colonography and positron emission tomography-computed tomography with 16α-[18F]fluoro-17β-estradiol.

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