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Table 2 Isolated and multiple endometriotic lesions in respect to their locations

From: Ultrasound mapping of pelvic endometriosis: does the location and number of lesions affect the diagnostic accuracy? a multicentre diagnostic accuracy study

Site of disease

Endometriosis of a single location

Endometriosis multiple locations

 

N (%)

N (%)

Ovarian endometrioma n = 51

2/51 (3.9%)

49/51 (96.1%)

Ovarian adhesions n = 85

16/85 (18.8%)

69/85 (81.2%)

Adhesions in POD n = 54

1/54 (1.9%)

53/54 (98.1%)

USL DIE n = 23

5/23 (21.7%)

18/23 (88.3%)

RV or POD DIE n = 32

1/32 (3.1%)

31/32 (96.9%)

DIE of rectum or sigmoid n = 9

0/9 (0%)

9/9 (100%)

DIE of bladder n = 5

1/5 (20%)

4/5 (80%)

DIE of UVF n = 6

1/6 (16.7%)

5/6 (83.3%)

DIE of PSW n = 9

1/9 (11.1%)

8/9 (88.9%)

Total

28/104 (26.9%)

76/104 (73.1%)

  1. DIE is deeply infiltrating endometriosis, USL is uterosacral ligaments, POD is pouch of Douglas, RVS is rectovaginal septum, UVF is utero vesical fold, PSW is pelvic side wall. All bilateral structures were considered as one location (ovaries, USL, PSW).