Three-dimensional sonographic diagnosis of abdominal wall endometriosis: a useful tool?

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• 作者：Anne Picard ; Marie-Noelle Varlet ; Francois Guillibert ; Micha Srour ; Alix Clemenson ; Abir Khaddage ; Pierre Seffert ; Gautier Chene
• 关键词：Endometriosis ; 3-dimensional sonography ; cutaneous endometriosis
• 刊名：Fertility and Sterility
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：January 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：95
• 期：1
• 页码：289.e1-289.e4
• 全文大小：494 K

文摘

Objective

To report the usefulness of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonography for the assessment of parietal endometriosis.

Design

Case report.

Setting

Academic research hospital.

Patient(s)

A 35-year-old woman with a noncyclic, painful abdominal nodule near a caesarean delivery scar.

Intervention(s)

3D ultrasonography and wide surgical resection with healthy margins.

Main Outcome Measure(s)

3D ultrasonographic assessment of the endometriotic nodule.

Result(s)

We found that 3D ultrasonography offered a more specific description of parietal endometriosis with irregular and spiculated margins and depth infiltration as well as provided preoperative evaluation of volume measurements.

Conclusion(s)

Three-dimensional ultrasonography is a useful, noninvasive tool in extrapelvic endometriosis.