1. Avaliação da concordância entre a ultrassonografia transvaginal e a ressonância magnética da pelve na endometriose profunda, com ênfase para o comprometimento intestinal.
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Cardoso, Maene Marcondes, Junior, Heron Werner, Berardo, Plínio Tostes, Junior, Antônio Carlos Coutinho, Domingues, Marisa Nassar Aidar, Gasparetto, Emerson Leandro, and Domingues, Romeu Côrtes
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ULTRASONIC imaging , *MAGNETIC resonance imaging , *ENDOMETRIOSIS , *PELVIC diseases , *DIAGNOSTIC imaging , *MEDICAL imaging systems , *TOMOGRAPHY , *MEDICAL radiography , *MEDICAL research - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare sonographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings in deep endometriosis with emphasis on intestinal involvement. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighteen women aged between 23 and 49 years with clinical suspicion and gynecological signs suggestive of deep endometriosis were submitted to ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging for correlation between findings. RESULTS: Ultrasonography detected 40 lesions while magnetic resonance imaging detected 53 lesions in the pelvis. A comparative study has not shown any statistically significant intermethod difference in the detection of lesions (respectively p > 0.19 and p > 0.14). In the rectosigmoid junction, magnetic resonance imaging has detected one (5.6%) lesion, while ultrasonography has detected four lesions (22.2%). In the rectum, ultrasonography has detected eight lesions (44.4%), and magnetic resonance imaging has detected seven lesions (38.9%). CONCLUSION: The intermethod agreement has not been good for lesions in the rectosigmoid junction, considering that ultrasonography has detected a higher number of lesions in this region, but a lower number of lesions in the pelvis as compared with magnetic resonance imaging. The global comparative analysis has demonstrated no statistically significant intermethod difference in the detection of lesions. Low cost, good tolerability and high availability make ultrasonography a valuable diagnostic tool in cases of deep endometriosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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