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Forniceal-Vaginal Deep Endometriosis

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The forniceal-vaginal anatomical area is located in the recess at the vault of the vagina. Forniceal deep endometriosis (DE) is mainly located in the posterior part of the vaginal fornix but might involve also the lateral parts of the fornix [1]. The mean prevalence of vaginal DE is 17% [2], ranging from 4 to 39% [3, 4]. This wide range is probably due to the different classification systems used before the International Deep Endometriosis Analysis (IDEA) consensus [5].

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cagliari, Policlinico Universitario Duilio Casula, Cagliari, Italy

    Stefano Guerriero, Silvia Ajossa, Ornella Comparetto, Camilla Ronchetti, Bruno Piras, Alba Piras & Valerio Mais

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ultrasound Unit, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

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10.1 Electronic Supplementary Material

Tenderness-guided evaluation of a forniceal nodule. (AVI 19616 kb)

Tenderness-guided evaluation of a diabolo-like nodule. (AVI 11958 kb)

A forniceal nodule evaluated without sonovaginography. (AVI 38005 kb)

The same nodule evaluated using sonovaginography. (AVI 12545 kb)

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Guerriero, S. et al. (2018). Forniceal-Vaginal Deep Endometriosis. In: Guerriero, S., Condous, G., Alcázar, J.L. (eds) How to Perform Ultrasonography in Endometriosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71138-6_10

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