Women, endometriosis, and the evolution of imaging
This editorial traces the evolution of imaging for endometriosis, from early laparoscopy and MRI characterization of endometriomas to ultrasound's current primary role in evaluating deep endometriosis.
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This is an editorial-style narrative in Radiologia Brasileira that reviews how radiologic imaging for endometriosis evolved over time, focusing on key developments in ultrasound (including endometrioma ultrasound and the move toward transvaginal ultrasound with bowel preparation) and MRI (including protocol improvements and classic MRI signal findings). It describes high-level shifts in diagnostic efficacy, noting that ultrasound performance rose from low efficacy early on to near laparoscopy levels after specific technique refinements, and that MRI effectiveness improved with better image quality, reaching parity with TVUS as reported by a 2018 meta-analysis. A major caveat is that the piece is not a new primary study and does not present original data beyond summarizing prior literature, serving mainly as a historical and conceptual account. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it specifically tracks the evolution of imaging methods (TVUS and MRI) for diagnosing endometriosis and deep disease assessment.
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