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Update in Radiology
Magnetic resonance imaging of pelvic endometriosis
Resonancia magnética de la endometriosis pelviana
R. Méndez Fernández
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ramiro.mendez@salud.madrid.org

Corresponding author.
, J. Barrera Ortega
Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Clínico San Carlos y RM N.a Sra. del Rosario, Madrid, Spain
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Other authors support the metaplastic theory&#8211;a differentiation of peritoneal cells toward the endometrial tissue&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0225"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a></p><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Even though endometriotic foci may be diagnosed in any organs&#44; the pelvic location is by far the most common of all&#46; There are three &#40;3&#41; different types of affectation due to endometriosis in the pelvis&#58; ovarian endometriomas&#44; endometriotic implants in the peritoneal surface&#44; and deep pelvic endometriosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0220"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a> The affectation of at least 5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm underneath the peritoneal surface is defined as deep&#46; The deep implants are usually associated with fibrous or smooth muscle proliferation and commonly associated pelvic pain and reproductive difficulties&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0230"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a></p><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The clinical symptomatology is highly variable and physical examination is not very reliable&#44; this is why the diagnosis of endometriosis is not easy and is usually delayed 7&#8211;10 years since symptom onset&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0235"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> Ovarian endometriotic cysts are usually diagnosed through an ultrasound&#44; although the magnetic resonance imaging &#40;MRI&#41; may be useful in some cases&#44; since it allows a more specific diagnosis of endometrioma and better differentiates blood clots from blood debris in solid areas that are more common of neoplastic cysts&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0240"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5&#44;6</span></a> Also&#44; the MRI has a higher sensitivity than the ultrasound for the detection of deep endometriotic implants in some locations of the pelvis&#44; that sometimes are harder to diagnose through laparoscopy due to the presence of adhesions and their subperitoneal location&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0250"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a> The definitive diagnosis of endometriosis is based on the histological study of implants&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0255"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a></p><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The management of endometriosis is initially medical&#44; while surgery is indicated in cases that do not respond well&#44; or in the presence of complications&#46; Surgery should be conservative&#44; especially to preserve fertility&#44; yet a complete resection of the implants should be attempted&#44; in particular with deep implants&#46; That is why knowing the exact location and spread of the disease is important before the surgery&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0230"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a></p><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">This paper discusses the MRI protocol for the study of pelvic endometriosis&#44; and details the MRI semiology of the affectation of pelvic organs&#46; The clinical grading scales of endometriosis are described and the diagnostic effectiveness of MRI is reviewed&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0030">Technique of pelvic magnetic resonance imaging for the study of endometriosis</span><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The exploratory method of MRIs for the assessment of pelvic endometriosis is a study similar to the study of other gynecological conditions&#44; although for an adequate detection of pelvic implants&#44; it is important to take care of details for the sake of study technique and image interpretation&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0260"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a></p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">One high field magnet and anterior and posterior multi-element anthenas are recommended&#46; 3<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>T machines can give us higher spatial resolution than 1&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>T machines&#44; but this also comes with more MRI artifacts&#46; The study can be performed any day of the menstrual cycle&#44; and knowing the date of the last period may help us interpret some MRI findings&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0265"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a></p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The application of gel into the vagina&#44; and gel or water into the rectum may facilitate the detection of implants in the wall of these organs &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0270"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a> For the same reason&#44; it is better if the bladder shows moderate repletion that may be achieved not urinating 1<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>h before the study&#46; If the bladder is too filled it may include movement artifacts and even modify the anatomy of the pelvis&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">To reduce artifacts due to intestinal peristalsis&#44; fasting for 4&#8211;6<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>h before the study is recommended&#44; and if artifacts persist&#44; they may also be reduced through the injection of anti-peristaltic drugs like glucagon or butilescopolamine&#46; A moderate compression on the pelvis&#44; spatial saturation bands&#44; while changing the sentence and frequency coding may also help reduce the occurrence of artifacts&#46; Very fast T2-weighted sequences &#40;SSTSE or SSFSE&#41; are another option to take into consideration if there is still movement and especially if the patient is uncomfortable or suffers from claustrophobia&#44; and in some works they have showed good diagnostic efficiency&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0275"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> although they should not replace the high-resolution T2-weighted sequences that will be discussed now&#46;</p><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">MRI studies are based on T2-weighted &#40;fast or turbo SE&#41; sequences without fat suppression&#44; acquired in three &#40;3&#41; orthogonal planes&#44; though they may be oblique based on the position of the uterus or other pelvic organs&#46; The acquisition of one TSE 3<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>D sequence and reconstruction in differente planes is another alternative if we want to reduce the study time&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0280"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a> although the T2-weighted contrast agent is a little different and may show even more artifacts &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>&#41;&#46; Also it is essential to acquire T1-weighted images with and without selective fat suppression in order to detect and characterize the hemorrhagic foci &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0260"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a></p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0010"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Recent studies suggest that susceptibility weighted imaging &#40;SWI&#41; may have a higher sensitivity than T1-weighted images for the detection of hemorrhagic foci in pelvic endometriosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0285"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">14&#44;15</span></a> However&#44; pelvic SWIs have too many artifacts and they are not sequences of common clinical use&#44; which is why the outcomes should be interpreted with caution and always in correlation with other sequences&#46;</p><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Although some authors use IV contrast for the assessment of endometriosis&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0295"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">16</span></a> we do not use gadolinium contrasts on a routine basis&#46; Deep endometriotic implants have an important fibrous component&#44; which this is why they capture the late stages of contrast&#44; but other inflammatory or tumor injuries and anatomical structures like pelvic veins do exactly the same&#44; and this is why post-contrast sequences do not add anything new to diagnosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0300"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">17</span></a> On the other hand&#44; IV contrast is useful for the assessment of complex adnexal injuries as long as the T2 and T1-weighted images with and without fat suppression do not show any specific characteristics and on suspicion of malignant neoplasms&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0305"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a></p><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">We conducted our MRI studies using 1&#46;5 and 3<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>T machines upon availability&#46; The study is based on T2-weighted 2D images in three &#40;3&#41; planes &#40;without fat suppression&#44; 3&#8211;4<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm-cut thickness&#41; and T1-weighted 3D images with and without fat suppression&#46; Gel is applied into the vagina and rectum on suspicion of implants in the compartment located posterior to the pelvis&#46; In the presence of movement artifacts&#44; we added fast SSTSE sequences&#44; or injected anti-peristaltic drugs&#46; We did not think that the SWI sequences were useful due to the low quality of the images obtained&#46;</p><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In our usual protocol we also acquire a series of diffusion-weighted imaging &#40;DWI&#41;&#46; It is a fast sequence that helps in the detection of unsuspected injuries &#40;neoplastic&#44; inflammatory&#44; adenopathies&#41;&#44; although its utility for the differential diagnosis of endometriosis is limited since endometriotic imlants may show diffusion restriction similar to other tumor or inflammatory injuries of the pelvis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0260"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0035">MRI semiology of pelvic edometriosis</span><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Of the three &#40;3&#41; types of pelvic endometriosis that exist&#44; the most difficult one to diagnose in an MRI are implants in the peritoneal surface that in the laparoscopy may be of millimetric sizes&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0310"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">19</span></a> In the MRI they can only be properly diagnosed when they show hemorrhagic contents like hyperintese foci in the T1-weighted with fat suppression&#46;</p><p id="par0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Peritoneal implants may cause adhesions between the pelvic organs and the intestinal loops&#46; In the pelvic MRI in women with endometriosis it is a common finding that ovaries are located in a lower position&#44; centered in the pelvis&#44; while the uterus remains in retroflexion&#46; Also we may find hypointense bands among organs &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0015">Fig&#46; 3</a>&#41;&#44; &#8220;peaks&#8221; of retraction in the bowel wall or loculations in the peritoneal fluid&#46; In the transvaginal ultrasound&#44; the diagnosis is even harder&#44; even though in expert hands&#44; adhesions when moving the pelvic organs may be detected&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0315"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20</span></a></p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0015"></elsevierMultimedia><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0040">Adnexal endometriosis</span><p id="par0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The ovary is the most common location of endometriosis and the most common imaging findings are endometriomas or endometriotic cysts&#46; These cysts are due to cyclic bleeding of the endometrial tissue and their content is consistent with products of blood decay in different evolutionary stages&#46; Endometriomas may be diagnosed through an ultrasound&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0240"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> but the MRI semiology is more specific&#58; usually hyperintese cysts in the T1-weighted images with fat suppression&#44; and shading in T2-weighted images&#46; It is interesting to mention here that the loss of signal in the T2-weighted images is a very specific sign of endometrioma whether intense&#44; subtle&#44; in layers or with &#8220;debris&#8221; kind of content &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0020">Fig&#46; 4</a>&#41;&#46; The identification of multiple cyst ovaries or hyperintense foci in the T1-weighted images&#44; even without loss of signal in the T2-weighted images&#44; is also suggestive of endometriosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0320"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">21&#44;22</span></a></p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0020"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0095" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Another almost pathognomonic finding of endometriosis is hematosalpinx&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0325"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">22</span></a> One Fallopian tube dilated due to hyperintense content in the T1-weighted images is diagnostic of hematosalpinx&#46; If the content shows low signal in the T2-weighted images&#44; it may simulate one endometrioma but it is usually easy to differentiate it as long as we can identify its inner serpiginous morphology or incomplete septa &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0025">Fig&#46; 5</a>&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0025"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0045">Deep pelvic endometriosis</span><p id="par0100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Deep implants may be useful in MRIs since the fibrous component is predominant &#40;hypointense in the T2-weighted images&#44; and intermediate in the T1-weighted images&#41; with few or no glandular or hemorrhagic foci&#46; Although deep endometriosis may be present in all locations of the pelvis&#44; the most common affectation is retrouterine &#40;v&#46; <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0015">Fig&#46; 3</a>&#41; located in the posterior compartment of the pelvis with an obliterated pouch of Douglas at the bottom&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0295"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">16&#44;23</span></a></p><p id="par0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Here we should pay special attention to any hypointense tissue invasions&#44; thickenings or retractions in the most common locations&#58; uterine posterior side&#44; retrocervical area&#44; uterosacral ligaments&#44; vaginal vault &#40;posterior formix&#41;&#44; rectovaginal septum&#44; and the rectosigmoid anterior side&#46; The presence of hemorrhagic foci facilitates and secures diagnosis&#44; but any hypointense&#44; nodular o in plaque thickenings of any of these structures that in the T2-weighted images should be suspicious&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0330"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23</span></a> Affectation due to endometriosis spreads by continuity in these structures that are posterior to the pelvis &#40;v&#46; <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>&#41;&#44; but we should also pay special attention to any possible isolated endometriotic foci in these organs&#46;</p><p id="par0110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">When implant surgery in the sigma rectum pouch is being planned it is important to determine if there is a profound affectation of the bowel wall since this usually conditions resection and colorectal anastomosis&#46; Sometimes it is not easy to determine through an MRI if one rectal endometriotic implant is superficial or deeply infiltrated&#44; but in the presence of deformity and thickening of the rectal or sigmoid &#8220;C&#8221; or &#8220;mushroom cap&#8221; wall&#44; it usually implies affectation of the muscular wall&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0335"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">24</span></a></p><p id="par0115" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">With much less frequency &#40;&#60;10 per cent&#41; endometriotic implants affect other parts of the proximal intestinal tract different from the sigma rectum pouch&#58; small bowel loops&#44; caecum&#44; or appendix&#46; The diagnosis of these injuries is hard to achieved through an MRI of the pelvis and on clinical suspicion of small bowel affectation&#44; a study through magnetic resonance enterography &#40;MRE&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0030">Fig&#46; 6</a>&#41;&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0340"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">25</span></a> or computed tomography &#40;CT&#41; scan may be indicated&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0030"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0120" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The affectation of the uterine body associated with endometriosis may be due to peritoneal implants &#40;in the serosa of the posterior or anterior side&#41; that later infiltrate profoundly while affecting the endometrium and usually associating adhesions &#40;v&#46; <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>&#41;&#46;</p><p id="par0125" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Histologically&#44; in the adenomyosis there is also presence of endometrial tissue in the myometrium&#44; but in this case it is due to spread from the endometrial cavity&#44; which is why adenomyosis is not included in the concept of deep endometriosis&#46;</p><p id="par0130" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In the MRI&#44; adenomyosis looks like a thickening of the myometrial junction &#40;highly suggestive of adenomyosis when thickness &#62;12<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm&#8211;more common in the posterior side&#41; and in some cases glandular foci &#40;hyperintense in the T2-weighted images&#41; and&#47;or hemorrhagic foci &#40;hyperintense in the T1-weighted images&#41; may be seen that will allow a more specific diagnosis &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0035">Fig&#46; 7</a>&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0325"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">22&#44;26&#44;27</span></a> Affectation of the internal myometrium may be diffuse but also nodular&#44; and we may call adenomyomas to the myometrial endometriotic nodules that&#44; sometimes&#44; may be difficult to distinguish from myomas in the MRI&#46; This has one histological explanation&#44; since the presence of glandular and endometrial stromal tissue in the myometrium conditions smooth muscle hypertrophy and hyperplasia&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0035"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0135" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">When there is affectation due to round or broad ligament endometriosis&#44; these ligaments will be thickened and lead to an anomalous position of the uterus&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0355"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">28</span></a></p><p id="par0140" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Less common is the endometriosis of the anterior pelvic compartment where it may affect the anterior side of the uterus&#44; the vesicouterine peritoneal recess &#40;leading to adhesions&#41;&#44; the urinary bladder and the vesicovaginal septum&#46;</p><p id="par0145" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Affectation due to endometriosis in the urinary bladder may be located in the vesical dome and initiate in the serosa &#40;due to one peritoneal implant&#41;&#44; and from there profoundly infilatrate the wall&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0360"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">29</span></a> When there is affectation of the detrusor muscle&#44; the urinary symptomatology is something common &#40;dysuria&#44; pollakiuria&#44; and more commonly hematuria&#41;&#46; Most of the times the cytoscopic exploration does not help achieve diagnosis because the vesical urothelium is usually normal&#44; which is why the radiological diagnosis is that important&#46; In the MRI it usually looks like a nodular thickening of the bladder&#44; normally in its dome or in the vesicovaginal septum&#46; If the bladder is moderately distended&#44; it may be possible to assess accurately any muscle layer affectation &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>&#41;&#44; but it is still hard to know for sure whether the implant reaches the lumen&#46; Glandular and hemorrhagic foci are common findings&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0360"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">29&#44;30</span></a></p><p id="par0150" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Although it is more rare&#44; the diagnosis of a possible ureteral affectation is also very important&#44; since it may lead to obstructive uropathies and renal function impairment&#46; Ureter affectation is usually extrinsic due to one deep endometriotic implant that contacts or surrounds the ureter&#44; most of the times in its pelvic trajectory&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0365"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">30&#44;31</span></a> This is why when performing an MRI of a female pelvis with endometriosis we should always assess the trajectory of ureters looking for possible dilations&#44; changes of caliber&#44; or contact with a deep endometriotic implant that may be small and without hemorrhagic foci &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0040">Fig&#46; 8</a>&#41;&#46; On suspicion of ureteral affectation&#44; the MRI of the pelvis should be completed with a look at the patient&#39;s kidneys to rule out hydronephrosis&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0040"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0155" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">As we already mentioned&#44; the affectation of the vagina due to endometriosis usually occurs in its vault due to peritoneal implants in the posterior compartment that progress in depth&#46; On suspicion of vaginal affectation it is recommended to re-apply gel into the vagina in order to distend the recesses and make a better assessment of its wall&#46; The affection of the fornix posterior is more common and it may extend toward the rectovaginal septum&#46; Isolated endometriotic implants in the anterior vagina wall or the rectovaginal septum are less common&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0330"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">23</span></a></p><p id="par0160" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Other common locations of pelvic endometriosis are trajectories or surgical wounds and&#44; in particular&#44; previous c-section scars&#46; If the patient is in discomfort or shows nodular thickening in the area of the surgical scar&#44; we should suspect presence of endometriotic implant&#44; and although the ultrasound may be a good idea&#44; the MRI allows us to achieve a more specific diagnosis since it usually detects small hyperintense foci in the T1-weighted images&#44; which in turn allows us to distinguish endometriotic implants from hypertrophic scars or desmoid tumors &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0045">Fig&#46; 9</a>&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0375"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">32&#44;33</span></a></p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0045"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0165" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">We can also find endometriotic implants in other pelvic scars like laparoscopy entry sites or episiotomies&#44; but these are less common&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0375"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">32</span></a></p><p id="par0170" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">There are other uncommon locations of deep pelvic endometriosis that&#44; although rare&#44; are interesting to know because they may lead to very peculiar symptomatology&#58; extraperitoneal implants in the trajectory of the sciatic nerve &#40;neuropathic pain of cyclical nature&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0050">Fig&#46; 10</a>&#41;&#44; or in the perianal region &#40;perianal discomfort and rectal mass&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0385"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">34</span></a></p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0050"></elsevierMultimedia></span></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0050">Pelvic endometriosis severity scale</span><p id="par0175" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Several severity scales have been described in an attempt to measure how serious the affectation due to pelvic endometriosis really is&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0390"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">35</span></a> The most widely used in gynecology is the scale system described and reviewed by the American Society of Fertility for Reproductive Medicine &#40;r-ASRM or r-AFS&#41; that assigns a particular score to each and everyone of the injuries diagnosed based on their location&#44; size&#44; and affectation depth&#46; By adding all these scores&#44; endometriosis is categorized into four &#40;4&#41; different stages from minor to major condition&#44; yet this categorization will not provide us with information on the location of the disease&#44; and the correlation with clinical symptomatology is poor&#46; Recently&#44; German authors have come up with a different reviewed scale &#40;r-ENZIAN score&#41; that includes the exact pelvis location of deep endometriotic implants which makes this scale more suitable for surgical planning purposes&#59; however&#44; it is a more complex categorization and not as widely accepted&#46; Even though this scale is based on surgical findings&#44; it may be useful for staging purposes when performing MRIs&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0395"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">36</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0055">Differential diagnosis of endometriotic injuries in magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvis</span><p id="par0180" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The diagnosis of pelvic endometriosis through an MRI is usually very specific&#46; Ovarian endometriomas are different from other cystic injuries in the low signal they show in T2-weighted images and in the high signal they show in T1-weighted images with selective fat suppression &#40;here we should not use STIR&#44; it can also annul the signal of methemoglobin&#41;&#46; Unlike endometriomas&#44; sebaceuous cysts &#40;dermoid&#41; reduce their signal with the specific fat saturation&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0320"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">21&#44;22</span></a> In the presence of one ovarian cyst that is hyperintense in the T1-weighted images&#44; the low signal shown in the T2-weighted sequences is specific of endometrioma compared to one hemorrhagic cyst&#44; while the presence of multiple hemorrhagic cysts &#40;even without shading in T2-weighted sequences&#41; is highly suggestive of ovarian endometriosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0325"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">22</span></a></p><p id="par0185" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">At times we may think of performing differential diagnosis with one cystic ovarian neoplasm&#44; especially when content or septa in the cysts may be identified&#46; In this case it is useful to inject IV contrast in order to distinguish the uptaking solid nodules of blood clots in the cyst&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0295"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">16&#44;18</span></a> Conducting basal image subtraction with contrast facilitates the detection of uptake in all those possible solid nodules within the cyst that show high signal in the T1-weighted images&#46; The overall incidence of ovarian tumors in women with endometriosis is low due to the age of onset of this condition&#46; However&#44; there are series that discuss higher incidences of ovarian carcinomas in patients with endometriosis &#40;1&#46;5&#8211;2&#215;&#41;&#46; Clear cell carcinoma and endometroid cancer are the most common subtypes&#44; and their prognosis is better than that of other ovarian malignant neoplasms&#46; The decidual changes in the ectopic endometrial tissue during pregnancy may simulate malignant transformation of the endometrioma&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0325"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">22</span></a> although the higher signal shown in the T2-weighted images and the lower thickness from the solid area may help while performing differential diagnosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0400"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">37</span></a></p><p id="par0190" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Deep endometriotic implants in other locations &#40;rectum&#44; bladder&#44; vagina&#41; may simulate primary tumors of these organs&#44; yet we can achieve diagnosis thanks to the presence of hemorrhagic foci and the coincidence of adnexal endometriotic signs or in other areas of the pelvis&#44; although there may be deep endometriosis without endometriomas in the ovaries&#46;</p><p id="par0195" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The other way round is also possible since infiltrating malignant neoplasms in the pelvis may simulate or coexist with deep endometriosis&#46; Due to their frequency and location we should pay special attention to differential diagnosis with parametrial infiltration following cervix tumors&#46; T2-weighted images and DWIs of the uterine neck usually help achieve diagnosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0305"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a></p></span><span id="sec0040" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0060">Diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging in pelvic endometriosis</span><p id="par0200" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">According to the different papers published in the specialized medical literature&#44; the diagnostic performance of MRIs in the study of pelvic endometriosis is varied&#44; since there are significant differences among the studies published when it comes to MRI technique used&#44; type of endometriotic injuries studied&#44; and reference pattern used&#46;</p><p id="par0205" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Medeiros et al&#46; recently published one meta-analysis on the diagnostic efficiency of pelvic MRIs in the diagnosis of deep endometriosis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0405"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">38</span></a> Such meta-analysis reviews 20 studies published comparing the findings from high field MRIs &#40;1&#46;0&#8211;3&#46;0<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>T&#41; to surgical findings &#40;laparoscopic or open&#41; and histology as a reference pattern&#46; In sum&#44; the MRI studies showed 83 per cent sensitivity and 90 per cent specificity in the diagnosis of injuries due to endometriosis&#46; The location that showed the highest sensitivity was the pouch of Douglas &#40;sensitivity<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>89 per cent&#44; specificity<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>94 per cent&#41;&#44; while in the anterior compartment&#44; the MRI sensitivity was lower &#40;bladder sensitivity<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>64 per cent&#44; specificity<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>98 per cent&#41;&#46; This may be due the fact that since the posterior compartment is the most common location of deep endometriosis&#44; the MRI is more precise though it is also true that&#44; sometimes&#44; in these MRI studies we do not pay as much attention to the bladder &#40;right degree of depletion&#44; detailed review of images&#41;&#46;</p><p id="par0210" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">There are very few studies published where the diagnostic effectiveness of the MRI and the transvaginal ultrasound in pelvic endometriosis is compared directly&#46; In Grasso&#39;s series&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0410"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">39</span></a> the transvaginal ultrasound showed similar effectiveness to the MRI in certain pelvic locations &#40;ovaries&#44; uterus&#44; vagina&#41;&#44; yet the MRI better detected the implants in the sigma rectum pouch&#44; the bladder or extraperitoneal affectation&#46; In studies published in gynecological journals&#44; Bazot<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0415"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">40</span></a> finds that both transvaginal and transrectal ultrasounds had similar effectiveness to the MRI for the diagnosis of bowel implants&#44; but that the MRI was significantly better for vaginal and uterosacral ligament affectations&#46; In Gauche Cazalis&#8217; comparative study&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0420"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">41</span></a> the transvaginal ultrasound was the best modality for the diagnosis of endometriomas&#44; the transrectal ultrasound was the best modality for rectosigmoid and rectovaginal septum affectation&#44; while the MRI was the most effective modality for the affectation of uterine torus&#44; uterosacral ligaments&#44; and bladder&#46; In Saccardi&#39;s study&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0425"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">42</span></a> the MRI &#40;using a 1&#46;0<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>T machine&#41; was far better than transvaginal ultrasound for the diagnosis of posterior deep endometriosis&#44; but with the use of a system that keeps the vagina distended while induced by serum &#40;sonovaginography&#41; they achieved similar results to those of the MRI&#46; However&#44; in the study by Abrao&#39;s Brazilian team&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0430"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">43</span></a> the MRI performed in an external center was inferior to transvaginal ultrasound and only slightly better than clinical exploration&#46; In general&#44; most authors agree that the initial imaging exploration should be the ultrasound&#44; that the MRI is a good additional exploratory tool on suspicion of deep pelvic endometriosis&#44; and that the results coming from the ultrasound are not conclusive or when planning surgical treatment&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0045" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0065">Conclusion</span><p id="par0215" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">MRIs of the pelvis are more widely used in the assessment of women with endometriosis&#46;</p><p id="par0220" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The initial imaging study on suspicion of endometriosis should be a detailed ultrasound exploration&#46; MRI studies are beneficial for the characterization of some adnexal injuries detected in the ultrasound and also for the diagnosis and complete staging of affectation due to pelvic endometriosis&#46; Deep endometriotic implants are usually the most symptomatic of all and their clinical and ultrasound diagnosis may not be easy&#46;</p><p id="par0225" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">When the MRI is used for presurgical planning it is important to diagnose and locate all endometriotic implants &#40;deep ones in particular&#41; so that the surgical treatment may be effective with a complete resection of the implants&#44; and conservative&#46;</p><p id="par0230" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">This is why an adequate study protocol for MRIs is necessary&#59; also it is also important to know the MRI semiology of the different forms of pelvic endometriosis that exist&#46; One detailed review of the images for a good diagnosis of deep endometriotic injuries is necessary since&#44; most of the times&#44; they are very subtle in the MRI because the fibrotic component is usually predominant&#46; Lastly&#44; the radiological findings should be adequately communicated to gynecologists in plain language&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0050" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0070">Ethical disclosures</span><span id="sec0055" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0075">Protection of people and animals</span><p id="par0235" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare that no experiments with human beings or animals have been performed while conducting this investigation&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0060" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0080">Confidentiality of data</span><p id="par0240" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors confirm that in this article there are no data from patients&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0065" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0085">Right to privacy and informed consent</span><p id="par0245" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors confirm that in this article there are no data from patients&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0070" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0090">Authors</span><p id="par0250" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><ul class="elsevierStyleList" id="lis0005"><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0005"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">1&#46;</span><p id="par0255" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Manager of the integrity of the study&#58; RM&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0010"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">2&#46;</span><p id="par0260" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Study idea&#58; RM and JB&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0015"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">3&#46;</span><p id="par0265" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Study design&#58; RM and JB&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0020"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">4&#46;</span><p id="par0270" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Data mining&#58; RM and JB&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0025"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">5&#46;</span><p id="par0275" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Data analysis and interpretation&#58; RM and JB&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0030"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">6&#46;</span><p id="par0280" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Statistical analysis&#58; NA&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0035"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">7&#46;</span><p id="par0285" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Reference&#58; RM and JB&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0040"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">8&#46;</span><p id="par0290" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Writing&#58; RM&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0045"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">9&#46;</span><p id="par0295" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Critical review of the manuscript with intellectually relevant remarks&#58; JB&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="lsti0050"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">10&#46;</span><p id="par0300" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Approval of final version&#58; RM and JB&#46;</p></li></ul></p></span><span id="sec0075" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0095">Conflicts of interests</span><p id="par0305" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors declare no conflict of interests associated with this article whatsoever&#46;</p></span></span>"
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        "resumen" => "<span id="abst0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><p id="spar0005" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Endometriosis is common in women of reproductive age&#59; it can cause pelvic pain and infertility&#46; It is important to diagnose endometriosis and to thoroughly evaluate its extension&#44; especially when surgical treatment is being considered&#46; Magnetic resonance imaging &#40;MRI&#41; with careful examination technique and interpretation enables more accurate and complete diagnosis and staging than ultrasonography&#44; especially in cases of deep pelvic endometriosis&#46; Furthermore&#44; MRI can identify implants in sites that can be difficult to access in endoscopic or laparoscopic explorations&#46;</p><p id="spar0010" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">In this article&#44; we describe the appropriate MRI protocol for the study of pelvic endometriosis and the MRI signs of pelvic organ involvement&#46; It is necessary to know the subtle findings and to look for them so we can ensure that they are not overlooked&#46; We describe clinical grading systems for endometriosis and review the diagnostic efficacy of MRI in comparison with other imaging techniques and surgery&#46;</p></span>"
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        "resumen" => "<span id="abst0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><p id="spar0015" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">La endometriosis es una afecci&#243;n frecuente en mujeres en edad reproductiva&#44; que puede causar dolor pelviano e infertilidad&#46; Es importante el diagn&#243;stico correcto y evaluar de forma completa su extensi&#243;n&#44; especialmente cuando se plantea un tratamiento quir&#250;rgico&#46; La resonancia magn&#233;tica &#40;RM&#41;&#44; con t&#233;cnica de exploraci&#243;n e interpretaci&#243;n radiol&#243;gica cuidadas&#44; permite un diagn&#243;stico y estadificaci&#243;n m&#225;s precisos y completos que la ecograf&#237;a&#44; especialmente en la endometriosis pelviana profunda&#46; Adem&#225;s&#44; en RM se pueden identificar implantes en localizaciones de dif&#237;cil acceso para exploraciones endosc&#243;picas o laparosc&#243;picas&#46;</p><p id="spar0020" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">En este art&#237;culo describimos el protocolo de RM adecuado para estudiar la endometriosis pelviana&#44; detallando la semiolog&#237;a en RM de la afectaci&#243;n en los &#243;rganos de la pelvis&#46; Es necesario conocer y buscar hallazgos sutiles para evitar que pasen desapercibidos&#46; Se describen sistemas de gradaci&#243;n cl&#237;nica de la endometriosis y se revisa la eficacia diagn&#243;stica de la RM comparada con otras t&#233;cnicas de imagen y con la cirug&#237;a&#46;</p></span>"
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        "nota" => "<p class="elsevierStyleNotepara" id="npar0005">Please cite this article as&#58; M&#233;ndez Fern&#225;ndez R&#44; Barrera Ortega J&#46; Resonancia magn&#233;tica de la endometriosis pelviana&#46; Radiolog&#237;a&#46; 2017&#59;59&#58;286&#8211;296&#46;</p>"
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          "en" => "<p id="spar0050" class="elsevierStyleSimplePara elsevierViewall">Intestinal endometriosis&#46; Endometriotic implants located in small bowel loops may be identified through MRI studies of the pelvis&#44; but on clinical suspicion of small bowel affectation it is better to perform one MR-enterography since the fluid-induced distension of the loops facilitates the detection of the implants in the bowel wall&#46; This patient presented to the emergency room with clinical manifestations of intestinal obstruction&#44; and the portal phase CT scan with IV iodinated contrast and without oral contrast &#40;A&#41; showed one incomplete obstruction due to one injury of extrinsic appearance in an ileal loop of the pelvis &#40;arrow&#41; with adhesions between loops&#46; Management was conservative&#46; One week later one MR-enterography was performed &#40;B and C&#44; axiales SSTSE&#44; 3<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>T-weighted images&#41; that identified two &#40;2&#41; endometriosis implants with small bowel affectation&#44; one in the pelvis and the other more cranial &#40;arrows&#41;&#46;</p>"
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