Endoscopic rectal ultrasound and elastosonography are useful in flow chart for the diagnosis of deep pelvic endometriosis with rectal involvement

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 586-590

  Mezzi, Gianni ^a   Ferrari, Stefano ^a   Arcidiacono, Paolo Giorgio ^a   Puppo, Francesca Di ^a   Candiani, Massimo ^a   Testoni, Pier Alberto ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elastosonography; Endometriosis; Endoscopic ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSMENORRHEA; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; COLONIC DISEASES; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PROCTOSCOPY; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 80052709594     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01413.x     Document Type: Article

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