The #Enzian classification for ultrasound diagnosis of endometriosis: description and explanation of the classification using our own clinical cases
This paper describes and explains the #Enzian classification for ultrasound diagnosis of endometriosis, using clinical cases to demonstrate its utility in standardizing lesion description for surgical planning.
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The paper describes and explains the ultrasound-based version of the #Enzian classification for imaging and systematically reporting deep endometriosis preoperatively, using the authors’ own clinical cases and experience. The classification is based on lesion location, depth of invasion into pelvic organs and tissues, and the presence of infiltration into adjacent organs and associated functional disturbance, aiming to provide continuity between ultrasound/MRI findings and surgical severity assessment. The authors present the classification as a unified “language” intended to be understandable for diagnostic and operating gynecologists, with their experience since using it for over two years emphasized as supportive evidence, while the abstract provides limited explicit methodological limitations. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it focuses on the ultrasound diagnosis and structured description of deep endometriosis using the #Enzian classification.
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