Medical management of endometriosis: what the radiologist needs to know

Nicole Hindman; Christopher Eswar; Kathy Huang; Angela Tong

doi:10.1007/s00261-020-02507-5

Medical management of endometriosis: what the radiologist needs to know

Nicole Hindman, Christopher Eswar, Kathy Huang, Angela Tong

Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2020 · vol. 45(6) , pp. 1866–1871 · doi:10.1007/s00261-020-02507-5 · PMID:32270260 · W3016163955

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This review covers current medical therapies for endometriosis-related pain and their potential imaging findings to aid radiologists in evaluating disease and treatment response.

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This paper reviews current medical therapies used to manage endometriosis-related pain and focuses on what imaging/radiology professionals should know about monitoring disease. It discusses how improved MRI techniques increase detection of subtle endometriosis findings and how radiologists may evaluate baseline disease and look for imaging response or stability after treatment using medication regimens. A stated caveat is that the review is not an original efficacy trial and emphasizes expected imaging findings and knowledge for follow-up rather than providing new comparative clinical outcomes. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it provides radiology-focused guidance on medical management therapies and anticipated MRI/assessment findings for endometriosis-related pain.

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Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pain Radiologists

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