title: Anatomic distribution of posterior deeply infiltrating endometriosis on MRI after vaginal and rectal gel opacification.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The challenges of imaging posterior deeply infiltrating endometriosis with MRI are to image a small anatomic area encompassing several thin fibromuscular anatomic structures such as uterosacral ligaments, and the vaginal and rectal walls; and to image endometriotic lesions, which are fibromuscular structures and have an MRI signal intensity very close to those of surrounding fibromuscular anatomic structures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We show the capability and potential of MRI in diagnosing and staging of posterior deeply infiltrating endometriosis after vaginal and rectal gel opacification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Imaging, Women's Imaging, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland. pierre.loubeyre@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loubeyre
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petignat
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.forename: Jean-Bernard
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Dubuisson
authors.forename: Jean-Marie
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wenger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004312:Douglas' Pouch / Q000473:pathology*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005782:Gels; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D005782:Gels