Journal of Women's Health Care
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Moawad G

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• Research Article
  Diagnosis of Deeply Infiltrative Endometriosis: Accuracy of a Specific Magnetic Resonance Imaging Protocol
  Author(s): Ito ET, Anane JO, Moawad G, Vargas MV, Marfori C, Taffel M and Robinson J Ito ET, Anane JO, Moawad G, Vargas MV, Marfori C, Taffel M and Robinson J
  
  Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of a specific magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol in diagnosing the extent and location of deeply infiltrative endometriosis (DIE). Methods: A retrospective chart review of women age 20 to 51 years of age who had a preoperative evaluation suspicious for DIE base on: 1) preoperative examination showing a rectovaginal mass or nodularity, non-mobile uterus fixed to rectum, and/or an adnexal mass, 2) severe or cyclic dysuria, dyschezia, and/or dyspareunia, or 3) a history of prior surgery for advanced staged endometriosis. These women subsequently underwent an institution specific endometriosis protocol pelvic MRI. Our MRI endometriosis protocol uses a 1.5T machine which takes images in T2, T1 non- fat saturation, and a fat saturation T1 in axial orientation along all three planes pre and postcontrast. Slic.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0420.1000332

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