BACKGROUND Patients with deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) of the rectum often benefit from surgical treatment, including disc or segmental bowel resection, in terms of pain relief and treatment of infertility. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of transvaginal sonography (TVS) for preoperative detection of rectal DIE. Furthermore, we aimed to investigate w...

Characterizing genetic contributions to endometriosis might help to shorten the time to diagnosis, especially in the most severe forms, but represents a challenge. Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) made no distinction between peritoneal endometriosis (SUP), endometrioma (OMA), and deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). We therefore conducted a pooled sample-based GWAS and distingu...

Endometriosis is a chronic gynaecological disease that affects women during the reproductive age, and may compromise their quality of life (QoL) and sexual satisfaction. Few data are available on women affected by pelvic endometriosis in the absence of deep infiltrating endometriosis. Aim of the study. — To evaluate QoL and sexual satisfaction in a group of Italian women affected by pelvic endo...

We read with great interest the review article “Shining light in a dark landscape: MRI evaluation of unusual localization of endometriosis” by Gui et al. (1) in the July-August 2017 issue of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology; we congratulate the authors on their great work. However, we noticed that they omitted an atypical clinical presentation of intestinal involvement of endometriosis; ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the rate of intrinsic ureteral endometriosis in patients presenting with severe ureteral endometriosis. DESIGN Observational study between June 1992 and December 2007. SETTING University tertiary referral center. PATIENT(S) Twenty-nine patients presenting deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) with severe ureteral endometriosis. Severe ureteral endometriosis was def...