Imaging dell’endometriosi

In: Imaging dell’Apparato Urogenitale · 2010 · pp. 193–209 · doi:10.1007/978-88-470-1769-6_15 · W953009059
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Endometriosis is a condition where endometrial glands and stroma are found outside the uterine cavity, with diagnostic criteria regarding the presence of both tissues not fully clarified.

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The chapter reviews endometriosis as a condition defined by ectopic endometrial glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity and myometrium, noting that it is not fully established whether both glandular tissue and stroma must be present together for anatomical-pathological diagnosis. It summarizes key concepts and points toward the broader radiologic imaging literature, including MR imaging and ultrasonography approaches and radiologic-pathologic correlations, as reflected in the cited works. The major limitation is that the provided text emphasizes definitional diagnostic uncertainty rather than reporting new empirical results. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it is an imaging-focused overview discussing how endometriosis is defined and how imaging correlates with the disease.

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Riassunto L’endometriosi è definita come una patologia nella quale ghiandole endometriali e stroma sono presenti al di fuori della cavità e della muscolatura uterine. Non è del tutto chiaro se sia necessaria la contemporanea presenza di tessuto ghiandolare e di stroma ai fini della diagnosi anatomopatologica [1, 2]. Access this chapter Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout Purchases are for personal use only Preview Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF. Bibliografia Olive DL, Schwartz LB (1993) Endometriosis. N Engl J Med 328:1759–1769 Del Frate C, Girometti R, Pittino M et al (2006) Deep pelvic endometriosis: MR imaging appearance with laparoscopic correlation. Radiographics 26:1705–1718 Woodward PF, Sohaey R, Mezzetti TP (2001) Endometriosis: radiologic-pathologic correlation. Radiographics 21: 193–216 Dmowski WP, Lesniewicz R, Rana N (1997) Changing trends in the diagnosis of endometriosis: a comparative study of women with chronic pelvic pain or infertility. 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