Isabella Perugi

To evaluate whether the intensity of pain symptoms in women with adenomyosis and endometriosis is associated with the specific lesion localizations or with disease extension. A retrospective investigation was performed on 234 women with son…

Objectives: To evaluate whether second-line magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) improves diagnostic accuracy beyond expert transvaginal sonography (TVS) in the preoperative assessment of deep endometriosis (DE), and if prior surgery influences…

Background: Long-COVID is characterized by the persistency of COVID-19 symptoms beyond 12 weeks, and it is probably consequent to immune dysregulation induced by SARS-CoV-2 infection. Immune dysregulation is associated with and probably inv…

OBJECTIVE: Ultrasound techniques for diagnosing deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) currently lack a quantitative method to assess microstructural heterogeneity in relation to diagnosis and clinical symptoms. This study evaluates Shannon …

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to assess the effects of contraception with NuvaRing on ultrasound signs and symptoms of women with adenomyosis. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a prospective self-controlled observational study on women with adenomyosis who…

(Abstracted from Contraception 2025:150:111016, doi:10.1016/j.contraception.2025.111016) Adenomyosis occurs when ectopic endometrial glands invade the myometrium and can cause symptoms such as an enlarged uterus, heavy menstrual bleeding, p…

PURPOSE: Internal cervical os (ICO) stiffness is related to menstrual pain, a key symptom of endometriosis. The study evaluated whether women with endometriosis have a stiffer ICO than unaffected women. METHODS: A retrospective cross-secti…

Endometriosis is a common inflammatory disease affecting women of reproductive age, characterized by the growth of endometrial tissue beyond the uterus. In addition to gynecological manifestations, many endometriosis patients experience gas…