A short anogenital distance on MRI is a marker of endometriosis.

ABSTRACT:

Study question

Could the anogenital distance (AGD) as assessed by MRI (MRI-AGD) be a diagnostic tool for endometriosis?

Summary answer

A short MRI-AGD is a strong diagnostic marker of endometriosis.

What is known already

A short clinically assessed AGD (C-AGD) is associated with the presence of endometriosis.

Study design size duration

This study is a re-analysis of previously published data from a case-control study.

Participants/materials setting methods

Women undergoing pelvic surgery from January 2018 to June 2019 and who had a preoperative pelvic MRI were included. C-AGD was measured at the beginning of the surgery by a different operator who was unaware of the endometriosis status. MRI-AGD was measured retrospectively by a senior radiologist who wa

SUBMITTER: Crestani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7887775 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature