Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2018 Nov-Dec;25(7):1300-1304. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2018.03.018. Epub 2018 Mar 30.
Two women (29 and 35 years of age) presented with an abdominal wall mass in close proximity to a cesarean scar. The main complaints consisted of pain at the site of the mass with catamenial exacerbations. Clinical and imaging findings were consistent with abdominal wall endometriosis in both cases. First, hormonal treatment was started, which proved unsuccessful. Typically, at this point, the proposed treatment would be wide surgical excision. Alternatively, magnetic resonance imaging-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment was offered with the goal to diminish pain complaints noninvasively. Upon treatment, both patients' complaints diminished although some cyclic pain persisted. Overall, these cases show that magnetic resonance imaging-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound can be used as a noninvasive treatment method to reduce complaints in patients with abdominal wall endometriosis.
两位女性(年龄分别为 29 岁和 35 岁)均表现为紧邻剖宫产瘢痕的腹壁肿块。主要症状包括肿块部位疼痛,且随月经周期加重。两种情况下,临床和影像学表现均符合腹壁子宫内膜异位症。首先,开始激素治疗,但效果不佳。通常,此时建议的治疗方法是广泛的手术切除。另一种选择是提供磁共振成像引导高强度聚焦超声治疗,以无创方式减轻疼痛。治疗后,两位患者的疼痛均减轻,但仍存在一些周期性疼痛。总体而言,这些病例表明磁共振成像引导高强度聚焦超声可作为一种非侵入性治疗方法,用于减轻腹壁子宫内膜异位症患者的疼痛。