Preoperative Imaging in Patients with Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis: An Important Aid in Predicting Depth of Infiltration in Rectosigmoid Disease

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Is the presence of deep infiltrative endometriosis underestimated in the surgical management of endometriosis?

“…According to an MRI study, endometrioma and DIE co-existence rate was 31.4% [15]. Recently, Sloss et al [16] conducted a retrospective study to determine the diagnostic accuracy of MRI in predicting depth of deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) of the rectosigmoid. MRI reached a high sensitivity and specificity for rectal wall disease (sensitivity, 86.4%; specificity, 100%) in this study.…”