Imaging of gastrointestinal endometriosis: what the radiologist should know

Adrian Jaramillo‐Cardoso; Anuradha S. Shenoy‐Bhangle; Wendaline M VanBuren; Giancarlo Schiappacasse; Christine O Menias; Koenraad J Mortele; Koenraad J. Mortelé

doi:10.1007/s00261-020-02459-w

Imaging of gastrointestinal endometriosis: what the radiologist should know

Adrian Jaramillo‐Cardoso, Anuradha S. Shenoy‐Bhangle, Wendaline M VanBuren, Giancarlo Schiappacasse, Christine O Menias, Koenraad J Mortele, Koenraad J. Mortelé

Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2020 · vol. 45(6) , pp. 1694–1710 · doi:10.1007/s00261-020-02459-w · PMID:32236651 · W3014903027

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Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Colon, Sigmoid Female Gastrointestinal Tract Humans Radiologists Rectum

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[2] Anatomical distribution of deeply infiltrating endometriosis: surgical implications and proposition for a classification via openalex

[3] An Extremely Rare Case of Gastric Subepithelial Tumor: Gastric Endometriosis via openalex

[4] An unusual cause of acute appendicitis via openalex

[5] Are digestive symptoms in women presenting with pelvic endometriosis specific to lesion localizations? A preliminary prospective study via openalex

[6] Association between endometriosis stage, lesion type, patient characteristics and severity of pelvic pain symptoms: a multivariate analysis of over 1000 patients via openalex

[7] Atypical Sites of Deeply Infiltrative Endometriosis: Clinical Characteristics and Imaging Findings via openalex

[8] Beyond appendicitis; radiologic review of unusual and rare pathology of the appendix via openalex

[9] Bowel Endometriosis: Preoperative Diagnostic Accuracy of 3.0-T MR Enterography—Initial Results via openalex

[10] Clinical diagnosis of endometriosis: a call to action via openalex

[11] Combination of the non-invasive tests for the diagnosis of endometriosis via openalex

[12] Combination of transvaginal sonography and clinical examination for preoperative diagnosis of pelvic endometriosis via openalex

[13] Comparison of patient- and physician-based descriptions of symptoms of endometriosis: a qualitative study via openalex

[14] Deep endometriosis infiltrating the recto-sigmoid: critical factors to consider before management via openalex

[15] Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis of the Bowel Wall via openalex

[16] Deep infiltrating endometriosis: relation between severity of dysmenorrhoea and extent of disease via openalex

[17] Deep pelvic endometriosis: a radiologist’s guide to key imaging features with clinical and histopathologic review via openalex

[18] Deep rectosigmoid endometriosis: “mushroom cap” sign on T2-weighted MR imaging via openalex

[19] Diagnosis of deep endometriosis: clinical examination, ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, and other techniques via openalex

[20] Diagnostic value of transvaginal 'tenderness-guided' ultrasonography for the prediction of location of deep endometriosis via openalex

[21] Endometriosis and the appendix: a case series and comprehensive review of the literature via openalex

[22] Endometriosis at several sites, cyclic bowel symptoms, and the likelihood of the appendix being affected via openalex

[23] Endometriosis intestinal. Estado actual via openalex

[24] Endometriosis in the rectum accompanied by hemorrhoids leading to diagnostic pitfalls: a rare case report via openalex

[25] Endometriosis of the Appendix: When to Predict and How to Manage—A Multivariate Analysis of 1935 Endometriosis Cases via openalex

[26] Endometriosis of the Intestinal Tract via openalex

[27] Endometriosis of the vermiform appendix via openalex

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[30] Endometriosis: Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation via openalex

[31] ENDORECT: a preoperative score to accurately predict rectosigmoid involvement in patients with endometriosis via openalex

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[33] Gastric wall endometriosis in a postmenopausal woman via openalex

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[35] Ileal Endometriosis: Radiographic Findings in Five Cases via openalex

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[38] Impact of endometriosis on quality of life and work productivity: a multicenter study across ten countries via openalex

[39] Incidence and Estimated Prevalence of Endometriosis and Adenomyosis in Northeast Italy: A Data Linkage Study via openalex

[40] Intestinal endometriosis: Diagnostic ambiguities and surgical outcomes via openalex

[41] Intussusception of a mucocele of the appendix secondary to an obstruction by endometriosis: Report of a case via openalex

[42] Is pelvic MRI in women presenting with pelvic endometriosis suggestive of associated ileal, appendicular, or cecal involvement? via openalex

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[46] Magnetic resonance imaging correlation to intraoperative findings of deeply infiltrative endometriosis via openalex

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[48] MR Imaging of Endometriosis: Ten Imaging Pearls via openalex

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[51] Mucocele of the appendix secondary to obstruction by endometriosis via openalex

[52] Mucosal changes in the large bowel with endometriosis: A possible cause of misdiagnosis of colitis? via openalex

[53] Multiple Nodule Removal by Disc Excision and Segmental Resection in Multifocal Colorectal Endometriosis via openalex

[54] Multislice computed tomography with colon water distension (MSCT-c) in the study of intestinal and ureteral endometriosis via openalex

[55] “Mushroom cap” sign in deep rectosigmoid endometriosis via openalex

[56] Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of endometriosis via openalex

[57] Predicting Pouch of Douglas Obliteration Using Ultrasound and Laparoscopic Video Sets: An Interobserver and Diagnostic Accuracy Study via openalex

[58] Prediction of pouch of Douglas obliteration in women with suspected endometriosis using a new real-time dynamic transvaginal ultrasound technique: the sliding sign via openalex

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[63] The role of imaging as a guide to the surgical treatment of endometriosis via openalex

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