Women having surgery for endometriosis face a lot of uncertainty about what will be found.
Unfortunately, many imaging technologies don’t accurately depict endometriosis. CT and ultrasound generally only detect ovarian cysts caused by endometriosis, but don’t show the lesions themselves. Many times, doctors must perform surgery to make a diagnosis.

Things may be changing. Published in the online edition of Radiology, a new study on using MRI to detect deep endometriosis shows promise. With an MRI, radiologists might be able to not only diagnose deep endometriosis, but also accurately locate lesions before surgery. Deep endometriosis requires surgical excision.
The researchers, from the Department …read more