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Mr Tariq Miskry
Independent Doctor's Federation
What does the future hold for diagnosing endometriosis?
Tariq Miskry explains that the imaging is getting better and better at diagnosing endometriosis, and this is true for both ultrasound and more complex types of imaging such as MRI.
Transcript
So, increasing the imaging is getting better and better at diagnosing endometriosis, and this is true for both ultrasound and more complex types of imaging such as MRI. In really experienced hands, complex endometriosis can be mapped out and diagnosed with simple ultrasound. At this stage, we still can't diagnose peritoneal disease, the more superficial disease, without doing a laparoscopy, but there are various things that may become helpful in the future.