ROLE OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS
article
OA: diamond
CC0
Abstract
Background: Endometriosis refers to the presence of functional endometrial glands outside of the uterine cavity. Although laparoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosing endometriosis, reliable identification of the disease before laparoscopy would be of value for the gynecologist in choosing the preferred therapeutic approach, medical or surgical. Ultrasound is the initial investigation performed, but MRI is increasingly being used, particularly when sonographic findings are inconclusive, when deep pelvic endometriosis is suspected or when surgery is indicated.Aim of the work: This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the diagnosis of Endometriosis.Patients and Methods: 40 premenopausal female patients with clinical and/or sonographic suspicion of endometriosis underwent pelvic MRI. All our imaging results were finally compared to the laparoscopic data with histopathological verification as the gold standard. The main outcome parameters, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV) and accuracy of MRI in diagnosing endometriosis were calculated.Results: The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV) and accuracy of MRI in diagnosing endometriosis were 95.65%, 57.14%, 88%, 80%, 86.7% respectively.Conclusion: MRI is the best problem-solving tool in cases of indeterminate adnexal findings on sonography, when deep infiltrating endometriosis is suspected, or for presurgical mapping.
My notes (saved in your browser only)
Condition tags
Citation neighborhood
Papers in the corpus that this work cites (lower rings, blue) and that cite this one (upper rings, green). Dot size scales with the paper's in-corpus citation count — bigger dot = more influential within the endo/adeno field. Click a dot to open that paper. [ expand to 2 hops ] — adds papers reached through this work's immediate citers/citees. Heavier; up to 60 extra dots.
References (14)
- Deep Pelvic Endometriosis: MR Imaging for Diagnosis and Prediction of Extension of Disease via openalex
- Endometriosis: Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation via openalex
- European society of urogenital radiology (ESUR) guidelines: MR imaging of pelvic endometriosis via openalex
- Female Infertility: A Systematic Approach to Radiologic Imaging and Diagnosis via openalex
- High prevalence of endometriosis in infertile women with normal ovulation and normospermic partners via openalex
- Location-dependent value of pelvic MRI in the preoperative diagnosis of endometriosis via openalex
- MR Imaging in Deep Pelvic Endometriosis: A Pictorial Essay via openalex
- MR Imaging of Disorders Associated with Female Infertility: Use in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management via openalex
- Staging of pelvic endometriosis based on MRI findings versus laparoscopic classification according to the American Fertility Society via openalex
- Unusual Imaging Appearances of Endometriosis via openalex
- W4234014770 via openalex
- W2099853599 via openalex
- W2634279167 via openalex
- W1970733006 via openalex
Source provenance
- openalex
- last seen: 2026-06-10T17:14:06.276822+00:00
License: CC0
· commercial use OK