ACHADOS COLONOSCÓPICOS EM PACIENTES COM ENDOMETRIOSE RETAL DIAGNOSTICADA POR ULTRASSONOGRAFIA ANORRETAL TRIDIMENSIONAL
Colonoscopy revealed findings suggestive of intestinal endometriosis in 11% of patients diagnosed by 3D ultrasound, confirming the condition in 9.7% while primarily excluding other pathologies.
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This prospective study evaluated the diagnostic performance of colonoscopy in 392 women with deep infiltrating endometriosis involving the rectum, as initially identified by three-dimensional transrectal ultrasound. The results demonstrated that colonoscopy had low sensitivity and specificity for detecting intestinal endometriosis, correctly identifying only 9.7% of cases while revealing no abnormalities in 74% of the patients. Although the test frequently missed direct signs of the disease due to the extrinsic nature of the lesions, it proved valuable for ruling out other gastrointestinal pathologies that present with similar symptoms such as pain or bleeding. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — specifically the diagnostic evaluation of deep infiltrating endometriosis affecting the rectosigmoid colon.
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