Keywords
Genital / Reproductive system female, MR, Staging
Authors:
V. Di Paola, F. Castelli, S. Mehrabi, R. Manfredi, R. Pozzi Mucelli; Verona/IT
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2014/C-1567
Aims and objectives
Endometriosis consists of the presence of endometrial glands and stroma outside of the uterine cavity (1),
that is in the adnexa (tubo-ovarian endometriosis),
or in the torus uterinus,
recto-vaginal septum,
utero-sacral ligament,
pelvic wall or pelvic organs (deep endometriosis).
Endometriosisis a disease involving 10% of patients (2),
with a peak of incidence in childbearing age between 24 and 29 years,
and causing chronic and invalidating pelvic pain in more than half of histologically confirmed cases (3) and infertility being present in 30% of infertile women...
Methods
and materials
This retrospective study enrolled all Patients between December 2009 and April 2012 with suspected tubo-ovarian and/or deep endometriosis,
whose data were considered for inclusion in our study.
Patient data were included according to the following criteria: Patients with (a) tubo-ovarian and/or deep endometriosis suspected at physical examination and transvaginal ultrasound,
(b) availability of MR examination findings,
(c) histopathological results from laparoscopic or surgical treatment.
Exclusion criteria were as follows: (a) There was a lack of available MR examination findings,
and/or (b) There was a lack...
Results
At MRI we didn’t find any endometriosic lesions in 17/64 Patients (0 accordingly ENZIAN Score).
In the other 47/64 Patients we found: 42 lesions in rectovaginal space of which 11 3 cm (3A); 21 lesions on uterosacral ligaments,
of which 12 < 1 cm (1B) and 9 between 2 and 3 cm (2B); 12 lesions on rectal or colic wall,
of which 7 < 1cm (1C),
4 between 2 and 3...
Conclusion
MRI has been demonstrated to have an accuracy of 98% for deep endometriosis,
in accordance with recent literature results (10-12).
In our work we found the highest accuracy for rectal-colic wall and for uterosacral ligaments,
resulting higher than other works (13-14) probably due to the retrograde injection of gel through the rectum (15).
The main limit was represented by bladder lesions,
probably due to fibrotic constitution of the lesions (16) and to poor filling of the bladder.
On conclusion,
MRI has been demonstrated useful in...
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