ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Ultrasonography and Atypical Sites of Endometriosis.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Vulvo-Perineal Endometriosis: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Head to toe: expand your diagnosis on routine imaging to include endometriosis.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Review
- Primary umbilical endometriosis: clinical aspects and long-term follow-up of five cases.The Journal of international medical research · 2025Article
- A case report of an endometriosis cyst at cesarean scar defect and review of literature.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Review
- Clinical Features and Management of Umbilical Endometriosis: A 30 Years' Monocentric Retrospective Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Advances in Imaging for Assessing Pelvic Endometriosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Exploring the Diagnostic Performance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Ultrasound-Guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Abdominal Wall Endometriosis.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Extrapelvic endometriosis located individually in the rectus abdominis muscle: a rare cause of chronic pelvic pain (a case report).The Pan African medical journal · 2022Article
- Inguinal endometriosis: Ten case reports and review of literature.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Article
- Endometriosis of the Canal of Nuck: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Differential Diagnosis of Endometriosis by Ultrasound: A Rising Challenge.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis of the round ligament: A case of a patient with right-sided inguinal pain.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
In the present pictorial we show the ultrasonographic appearances of endometriosis in atypical sites. Scar endometriosis may present as a hypoechoic solid nodule with hyperechoic spots while umbilical endometriosis may appear as solid or partially cystic areas with ill-defined margins. In the case of endometriosis of the rectus muscle, ultrasonography usually demonstrates a heterogeneous hypoechogenic formation with indistinct edges. Inguinal endometriosis is quite variable in its ultrasonographic presentation showing a completely solid mass or a mixed solid and cystic mass. The typical ultrasonographic finding associated with perineal endometriosis is the presence of a solid lesion near to the episiotomy scar. Under ultrasonography, appendiceal endometriosis is characterized by a solid lesion in the wall of the small bowel, usually well defined. Superficial hepatic endometriosis is characterized by a small hypoechoic lesion interrupting the hepatic capsula, usually hyperechoic. Ultrasound endometriosis of the pancreas is characterized by a small hypoechoic lesion while endometriosis of the kidney is characterized by a hyperechoic small nodule. Diaphragmatic endometriosis showed typically small hypoechoic lesions. Only peripheral nerves can be investigated using ultrasound, with a typical solid appearance. In conclusion, ultrasonography seems to have a fundamental role in the majority of endometriosis cases in "atypical" sites, in all the cases where "typical" clinical findings are present.
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