Modern methods for radiological diagnosis of endometriosis

Elena I Rusina,Alina O Ivanova,Maria I Yarmolinskaya

doi:10.17816/jowd69259-72

Abstract

Endometriosis is a widespread gynecological disease, which affects reproductive-aged women. An accurate diagnosis is critical to develop a more comprehensive treatment strategy for endometriosis than is currently available. This article provides an overview of current data on the value of radiation techniques for the diagnosis of external genital and extragenital endometriosis, deep infiltrating endometriosis, and adenomyosis. The necessity of using a systematic approach to examine the pelvis in women with suspected endometriosis is shown, modern terms and methods of measurement being given to describe ultrasound picture of endometriosis.

Highlights

Endometriosis represents a severe problem in modern gynecology, especially its widespread infil trative forms
On TVUS, foci of posterior deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) are visualized as hypoechoic thickening of the intestinal or vaginal walls or as hypoechoic solid nodules of various sizes with smooth or indistinct contours [40]
The analysis revealed that TVUS and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provid ed comparable results in diagnosing adenomyosis

Summary

MODERN METHODS FOR RADIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS

For citation: Rusina EI, Yarmolinskaya MI, Ivanova AO. Modern methods for radiological diagnosis of endometriosis. ■■ Endometriosis is a widespread gynecological disease, which affects reproductive-aged women. An accurate diagnosis is critical to develop a more comprehensive treatment strategy for endometriosis than is currently available. This article provides an overview of current data on the value of radiation techniques for the diagnosis of external genital and extra genital endometriosis, deep infiltrating endometriosis, and adenomyosis. The necessity of using a systematic approach to examine the pelvis in women with suspected endometriosis is shown, modern terms and methods of measurement being given to describe ultrasound picture of endometriosis. ■■ Keywords: deep infiltrating endometriosis; external genital endometriosis; adenomyosis; ultrasound; radiation diagnosis

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Introduction

External genital and infiltrating endometriosis

Дно мочевого пузыря Купол мочевого пузыря

Findings

Conclusion