Exploratory Study of the Interest of MRI Susceptibility Weighted Imaging for the Pre-operative Assessment of Pelvic Endometriosis Extent (EndoSWI)

University Hospital of Bordeaux

Status

Completed

Conditions

Endometriosis

Treatments

Other: Susceptibility Weighted Imaging as 3D SWAN sequence

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03186820

CHUBX 2017/03

Details and patient eligibility

About

Knowledge of the precise location of endometriosis is essential for a successful surgical treatment. MRI Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging (SWI-MRI) yields high sensitivity for blood by-products detection. Since endometriosis lesions are haemorrhagic, and therefore rich in blood by-products such as hemosiderin, SWI-MRI could be useful in the pre-operative assessment of endometriosis, especially in superficial peritoneal lesion detection. The purpose of our study is to evaluate the performance of SWI-MRI for the preoperative work-up of endometriosis

Full description

Pelvic endometriosis is a cause of pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, urinary symptoms and infertility. MRI is considered as the best imaging technique to detect and to predict the extent of the disease. Susceptibility Weighted Imaging is routinely performed to identify haemorrhagic lesions in brain MRI protocols and has proven to be a sensitive technique to detect blood by-products. A pelvic MRI protocol including SWI will be performed in all women addressed for diagnostic assessment or pre-operative work-up of endometriosis.

Enrollment

74 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adult woman (over 18yrs old) addressed for diagnostic assessment or pre-operative work-up of endometriosis;
Informed signed consent
Affiliated or beneficiary of a social security system

Exclusion criteria