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ArticleRadiologia brasileira

Transvaginal ultrasound in deep endometriosis: pictorial essay.

Jorge Gilmar Amaral de Oliveira, Vanessa Bonfada, Janice de Fátima Pavan Zanella, Janaina Coser

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Article in Radiologia brasileira. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jorge Gilmar Amaral de OliveiraPromed Clínica Médica, Ijuí, RS, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-9441
Vanessa BonfadaSecretaria Municipal de Saúde de Ijuí, Ijuí, RS, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4033-3980
Janice de Fátima Pavan ZanellaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Atenção à Saúde - Universidade de Cruz Alta/Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Cruz Alta/Ijuí, RS, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4678-5512
Janaina CoserPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Atenção à Saúde - Universidade de Cruz Alta/Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Cruz Alta/Ijuí, RS, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3631-0847
University of Cruz Alta · BRHospital Médica Sur · MXSecretaria Municipal de Saúde · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. When endometrial implants penetrate more than 5 mm into the peritoneum, the condition is referred to as deep pelvic endometriosis. Although laparoscopy is the gold standard test to establish a diagnosis of deep endometriosis, transvaginal ultrasound represents an alternative that can contribute to detection of the disease, because it is an accessible, low-cost, noninvasive examination that allows preoperative planning in cases requiring surgical treatment. However, in clinical practice, transvaginal ultrasound is still not widely used as the first-line examination in suspected cases of endometriosis. This essay describes the findings of deep endometriosis on transvaginal ultrasound, in order to disseminate knowledge of the utility of the technique for the diagnosis of this disease.

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Diagnostic techniques and proceduresEndometriosis/diagnostic imagingUltrasonography/methods

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PMID31656353
PMCPMC6808616
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