Indirect Ultrasonographic Findings for Parametrial Involvement in Deep Endometriosis

Indirect Ultrasonographic Findings Predicting Parametrial Involvement in Severe Deep Endometriosis

This study evaluated the use of ultrasonographic findings as a first-line imaging tool to raise indirect suspicion of parametrial involvement in women suspected of having severe endometriosis (DE).

Ultrasonographic findings will be conventionally divided in:

• concomitant DE nodules
• indirect DE signs

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients with suspected deep endometriosis undergoing surgical approach

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients with a previous surgical diagnosis of endometriosis
• pazients with radiological evidence of parametrial endometriosis
• patients who could not undergo transvaginal and/or transabdominal ultrasound for any technical reason