PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Monte, Giuseppe Lo
AU  - Wenger, Jean Marie
AU  - Petignat, Patrick
AU  - Marci, Roberto
TI  - Role of imaging in endometriosis
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.81a.13032
DP  - 2014 Jun 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 361--366
VI  - 81
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/81/6/361.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/81/6/361.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2014 Jun 01; 81
AB  - Endometriosis—the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity—is first suspected on the basis of its signs and symptoms. The diagnosis is confirmed by imaging and surgery. Imaging, particularly transvaginal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging, is essential to confirm the diagnosis and guide surgical treatment.