C. Exacoustós

ORCID: 0000-0003-3821-201X · 137 papers in corpus · active 2002-2025

Study types

  • article 113
  • book-chapter 7
  • review 6
  • letter 4
  • other 4

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 85
  • adenomyosis 62
  • die_deep_infiltrating 40
  • mesh:D004715 29
  • dysmenorrhea 23
  • endometrioma 18
  • infertility 17
  • dyspareunia 11
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 8
  • mesh:D004412 7
article 2025
·doi:10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjae190.0147

Abstract Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and endometriosis are both immuno-mediated chronic inflammatory diseases, sharing some common clinical manifestations.A possible association between IBD and endometriosis is undefined.In …

article 2025
·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2025.09.028
article 2025
Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation ·doi:10.1212/nxi.0000000000200490

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to characterize inflammatory cytokine profiles in women diagnosed with episodic migraine, endometriosis, or both conditions and to determine how these cytokine patterns relate to symptom severity and fu…

article 2025
Journal of gynecology obstetrics and human reproduction ·doi:10.1016/j.jogoh.2025.103003

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the progression of endometriosis and painful symptoms in young women (≤ 25 years) with severe dysmenorrhea (Visual Analogue Scale score ≥ 7), with or without ultrasound-detected endometriosis, over a follow-up period…

other 2024
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) ·doi:10.3390/medicina60040625

Background and Objectives: The association between endometriosis and breast cancer still remains controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the different subtypes of breast cancer, immunohistochemical markers, hormone receptors…

article 2024
Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache ·doi:10.1177/03331024241235210

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis and migraine frequently coexist, but only a limited number of studies have focused on their mutual association. The aim of our study was to investigate, in untreated women with comorbid endometriosis/adenomyosis an…

article 2024
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm13020550

Endometriosis has a prevalence of 10% worldwide in premenopausal women. Probably, endometriosis begins early in the life of young girls, and it is commonly diagnosed later in life. The prevalence of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) in …

article 2024
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.29014

We aimed to evaluate the changes of pelvic endometriosis by transvaginal ultrasound (TVS), over a period of at least 24 months, using #Enzian classification in women who were managed only by medical treatment, without previous surgery. We i…

preprint 2024
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-4528850/v1
other 2024
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-024-07729-2

PURPOSE: Evaluating menstrual blood loss (MBL) in primary healthcare is challenging. Our study aimed to assess MBL using two methods: self-perception and pictograms (Pictorial Blood Assessment Chart-PBAC and Menstrual Pictogram superabsorbe…

article 2024
·doi:10.1097/ogx.0000000000001301

(Abstracted from Fertil Steril 2024;121(3)) Adenomyosis is a common gynecological condition characterized by the invasion of endometrial glands and stroma from the basal layer of the endometrium into the myometrium. Although adenomyosis is …

article 2024
·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2024.07.713
review 2024
Biomedicines ·doi:10.3390/biomedicines12112521

Background/Objectives: Endometriosis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) share some epidemiological, clinical and pathogenetic features. A differential diagnosis between pelvic endometriosis and IBD may be challenging, even for expert clin…

article 2024
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoae029

The International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) and International Deep Endometriosis Analysis (IDEA) group, the European Endometriosis League (EEL), the European Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (ESGE), ESHR…

letter 2024
Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache ·doi:10.1177/03331024241254821

Background: Endometriosis and migraine frequently coexist, but only a limited number of studies have focused on their mutual association. The aim of our study was to investigate, in untreated women with comorbid endometriosis/ adenomyosis a…

article 2024
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn ·doi:10.52054/fvvo.16.1.008

Background: The #Enzian classification represents a system to describe endometriotic lesions during surgery. Its use is well established in correlating ultrasound and surgical findings. Objectives: To describe interobserver reproducibility …

article 2024
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) ·doi:10.1007/s43032-024-01541-8

The current knowledge on adenomyosis as a risk factor for RPL is very scant. Overall 120 women were included in this retrospective observational study. They were divided in three groups each of which consisted of 40 subjects: Group 1: women…

article 2023
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn ·doi:10.52054/fvvo.15.3.094

Background: Management of endometriosis should be based on the best available evidence. The pyramid of evidence reflects unbiased observations analysed with traditional statistics. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the clinical interpretatio…

review 2023
Journal of clinical medicine ·doi:10.3390/jcm12175624

Endometriosis affects approximately 10% of premenopausal women worldwide. Despite its impact on quality of life, the delay in diagnosing this chronic disease is well known. Many patients with endometriosis report having suffered from dysmen…

article 2023
Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.1159/000530896

Introduction: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and endometriosis are chronic inflammatory diseases occurring in young women, sharing some clinical manifestations. In a multidisciplinary approach, we aimed to investigate symptoms, type, and …

article 2023
·doi:10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjac190.0437

Abstract Background Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and endometriosis are chronic inflammatory diseases occurring in young women, sharing some clinical manifestations. We aimed to investigate, in a multidisciplinary approach, symptoms, typ…

article 2023
·doi:10.1007/s10304-023-00523-4
article 2022
The European journal of contraception & reproductive health care : the official journal of the European Society of Contraception ·doi:10.1080/13625187.2022.2128644

Purpose The aim of the study was to assess the length of diagnostic delay of symptomatic endometriosis in Italy and analyse the presence of correlations between the socio-demographic status of patients and the clinical characteristics/type …

other 2022
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1002/uog.24786

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether the Morphological Uterus Sonographic Assessment (MUSA) features of adenomyosis need to be better defined and, if deemed necessary, to reach consensus on the updated definitions. METHODS: A modified Delphi pr…

article 2022
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.12.004