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Volume 8 Issue 10 (October, 2020)

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Assessment of radiographic findings in patients with deep pelvic endometriosis
Sushum Kumar Verma

Background: Endometriosis is one of the common problems prevalent among significant proportion of world’s population. The present study was conducted with aim of assessing the radiographic findings in patients with deep pelvic endometriosis. Materials & Methods: 10 patients with ultrasonographic findings suggestive of deep pelvic endometrioses were analysed. A perform was made and complete clinical profile of all the patients was recorded. All the patients underwent Magnetic resonance imaging. All the results were recorded and analysed by employing SPSS software version 12.0. Results: Among the 10 patients with deep pelvic endometriosis, mean age of the patients was 38.1 years. USG examination showed presence of well defined hypoechoic nodule homogenous irregular shaped in all the 10 patients. However; on MRI examination, T1W Hyperintensity with persistence on T1W fat suppressed sequence and T2 hypointensity was seen in 100 percent of the patients each. MRI findings were suggestive of deep pelvic endometriosis in 90 percent of the patients whereas 10 percent of the patients showed presence of non-endometriosis lesions. Conclusion: USG can be used for initial screening of pelvic endometriosis. Key words: Endometriosis, Ultrasonography

 
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