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. 2013 Nov 8;5:753–763. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S37846

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© 2013 Moawad and Caplin. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License

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This is a modified virtual colonography with transparent views of the rectum and lower sigmoid.

Notes: The strictured area in the rectogenital area is indicated by arrows. The L, S, and D in the figure are from the LSD/MURO classification system. Copyright © 2013. Reproduced with permission of Elsevier. van der Wat J, Kaplan MD, Roman H, Da Costa C. The use of modified virtual colonoscopy to structure a descriptive imaging classification with implied severity for rectogenital and disseminated endometriosis. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. Epub June 5, 2013.⁴²

Abbreviations: L, length; S, stricture; D, distance to the anal verge; MURO, describes disseminated endometriosis beyond the rectogenital organs.