Endometriosis is a condition associated with pain and infertility. The gold standard for the diagnosis of endometriosis is visual examination by laparoscopy, preferably with histological confi rmation. There is often a signifi cant delay in the diagnosis of this disease. The imaging care assay which confi rms the presence of an ovarian endometriosis cyst or profoundly infi ltrative endometriosis can help guide surgical treatment approaches. There are studies that support that expert-guided transvaginal ultrasound (ETVU) is more sensitive than routine pelvic ultrasound in the diagnosis of endometriosis, especially in the non-ovarian form.
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