Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Endometriosis is a chronic systemic disease that can cause pain, infertility and reduced quality of life. Diagnosing endometriosis remains challenging, which yields diagnostic delays for patients. Research on diagnostic test accuracy in end…

Data sharing not applicable - no new data generated. Figure S1 Sequence of ultrasound images in sagittal plane taken over a period of 4 s in preovulatory phase, showing slight deformation of the endometrial cavity (arrows) secondary to cerv…

OBJECTIVES: Numerous studies indicate that endometrial thickness of ≤ 4 mm on transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) is a reliable test to exclude endometrial cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding (PMB), such that biopsy is not needed. Howeve…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the preoperative detection of endometriosis using transvaginal sonography (TVS) supplemented by transabdominal sonography (TAS) with surgical assessment of disease, using the #Enzian classification for endometriosis. …

OBJECTIVES: Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) is associated with chronic pelvic pain, dyspareunia and pelvic floor muscle hypertonia. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of pelvic floor physiotherapy (PFP) on the ar…

In endometriosis, it is becoming increasingly clear how important imaging is to advancing the potential to provide an accurate non-invasive diagnosis1, 2, understanding severity preoperatively3, triaging patients to an appropriately trained…

Decidualization of endometriotic ovarian cysts was first described at the beginning of the 20th century. This phenomenon occurs in response to the altered hormonal environment during pregnancy. Specifically, progesterone induces hypertrophy…

OBJECTIVES: To summarize in a systematic review the current evidence regarding definitions, diagnosis, prevalence, etiology, clinical relevance and impact of surgical treatment for T-shaped uterus not related to diethylstilbestrol (DES) exp…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) for detecting parametrial deep endometriosis, using laparoscopy as the reference standard. METHODS: A search was performed in PubMed/MEDLINE and Web of Science for studie…

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical and ultrasound characteristics of accessory cavitated uterine malformations (ACUMs). METHODS: This was a single-center observational study of consecutive patients diagnosed with an ACUM, who had undergon…

The development of imaging methods over the last 50 years has revolutionized medicine, broadening the diagnostic possibilities in a non-invasive way. The use and storage of digital data allow immediate review of information obtained. More r…

The primary aim was to investigate what happened to the patients who had symptoms suggesting endometriosis but who initially had no signs of endometriosis on advanced transvaginal ultrasound examination. The secondary aim of this study was …

OBJECTIVES: To review the accuracy of different imaging modalities for the detection of rectosigmoid deep endometriosis (DE) in women with clinical suspicion of endometriosis, and to determine the optimal modality. METHODS: A search was co…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and morphological appearance of deep endometriosis and ovarian endometrioma using pelvic ultrasound examination in women attending for an early pregnancy assessment. METHODS: This was a prospective obser…

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We thank Dr Hirsch and his colleagues for their interest in our study1 and their constructive comments. We agree that the development of core outcome sets is a priority in endometriosis research. In our paper, we reported data about the imp…

A massive machine with a large appendage greeted me when I first encountered ultrasound in 1977 as a first-year radiology resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. We dragged the attached articulated arm back and forth acros…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the agreement of measurements of the three diameters of rectosigmoid deep endometriosis (DE) lesions between presurgical evaluation using transvaginal sonography (TVS) and postsurgical specimen measurement (PSM). …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) in diagnosing deep endometriosis (DE) involving the uterosacral ligaments (USLs), torus uterinus (TU) or posterior vaginal fornix (PVF) in women with suspected endometrios…

42-year-old female presents to the Emergency Department with a palpable right groin mass, which has been increasing in size over the past three days. Patient reported no significant medical history. Clinical examination revealed an immobile…

To study how adenomyosis modifies in pregnancy and to correlate these changes to maternal and fetal outcomes. Retrospective cohort study including 254 women between 2016 and 2020. Inclusion criteria were: ≧1 transvaginal ultrasound (TV-US) …

OBJECTIVES: To analyze the effect of bowel preparation prior to transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) examination on the detection of bowel involvement and the description of rectosigmoid nodules of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE), and to eva…

Uterine contractions may affect the thickness and features of the myometrial wall as well as the shape of the uterine cavity. The transient nature of these changes can be appreciated during real-time two-dimensional ultrasound examination a…