Endometriosis - vagina

Case contributed by Glen Lo
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Past severe endometriosis with low bowel resection. Managed well since on oral contraceptive pills.

Patient Data

Age: 35
Gender: Female

MRI pelvis

mri

ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT: normal.

MIDDLE COMPARTMENT:

Uterus: Anteverted anteflexed 90 mm long. Arcuate morphology. Endometrium 3 mm thin and regular. Junctional zone indistinct but not thickened (6 mm anterior 7 mm posterior). No myometrial lesion. Reduced mobility.

Vagina: In the posterior vault is an ill-defined 18 mm T2 dark thickening with T1 hyperintense foci, suggesting blood products within vault endometriosis.

Ovaries: normal.

Fallopian tubes: normal.

POSTERIOR COMPARTMENT: postoperative presacral T2 dark regular thickening and bowel anastomosis.

Case Discussion

The left/posterior vagina vault show some T1 hyperintense foci which may represent blood products in vault deep endometriosis, this could be confirmed by sonovaginography if clinically required.

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