Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver
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Why This Matters
Endometriosis may coexist with IBD and can cause pelvic pain, painful sex, and heavy periods—symptoms that may be mistaken for bowel disease activity. Identifying endometriosis could change evaluation and management for reproductive-age people with IBD.
Who Should Pay Attention
Reproductive-age patients with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis who have pelvic pain, dyspareunia, or heavy menstrual bleeding; gastroenterologists and gynecologists.
Study Snapshot
Story typeResearch paper
Evidence typeResearch paper
Source depthJournal abstract
What To Know
The authors enrolled consecutive fertile IBD patients reporting suggestive symptoms and performed TVUS to look for pelvic endometriosis.
Dyspareunia (pain with intercourse) and heavy menstrual bleeding were significantly more common among those with imaging-detected endometriosis and were associated with higher odds of endometriosis on multivariable analysis.
The study suggests endometriosis—often deep infiltrating—may be underdiagnosed in women with IBD and that asking about these menstrual and sexual symptoms could prompt targeted pelvic evaluation.
Keep In Mind
Summary is grounded in the article abstract. TVUS was the imaging modality used; abstract-level data limit assessment of broader applicability, diagnostic confirmation (e.g., surgical/histologic), and management implications.
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PublicationDigestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver
AuthorsBenedetto Neri, Mariasofia Fiorillo, Federica Iacobini +8 more
InstitutionDepartment of Systems Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, University "Tor Vergata" of Rome, Rome, Italy; Therapeutic GI Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy; Università Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy.
Study typeJournal article
Indexed viaPubMed
Source typeResearch paper
PublishedAug 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
Content availableJournal abstract
Conflict statement: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in the paper entitled “Dyspareunia and heavy menstrual bleeding as clinical predictors of concomitant Endometriosis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a multidisciplinary prospective study”.
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