Bowel wall thickness measured by MRI is useful for early diagnosis of bowel endometriosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate MRI features of bowel endometriosis (BE) and verify its clinical significance compared with pathological diagnosis.

Materials and methods

Since 2018, patients clinically diagnosed with deep endometriosis (DE) and planned to undergo surgery were enrolled prospectively. MRI parameters including traction, thickening sign of the rectum, obliteration of the Douglas Pouch, sign of adenomyosis, and pelvic adhesion were extracted. Uni- and multi-variate analyses were performed to explore their association with pathological diagnosis of BE. ROC curve was utilized to ascertain the appropriate cutoff value for predicting the presence and assessing the severity of BE.

Results

A total of 226 patients with DE were recruited, and 154 BE cases were pathologicall

SUBMITTER: Zheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10667399 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature