Endometriosis of the rectovaginal septum

Histopathological extent of rectal invasion by rectovaginal endometriosis

Rectovaginal endometriosis

Relationship between endometriotic foci and nerves in rectovaginal endometriotic nodules

Section through a rectovaginal endometriotic nodule. Presence of abundant smooth muscle cells around the lesion. Muscle-specific actin immunohistochemistry

Classification of endometrial implants of the rectovaginal septum

Hemorrhagic endometrial implants of the rectovaginal septum in a 26-year-old woman with dyspareunia and dysmenorrhea who presented with a palpable nodule in the posterior vaginal fornix

Irregular solid area with signal intensity close to that of pelvic muscle (thick arrow) at patient’s right: area contains foci of high signal intensity (thin arrow) between lateral part of rectovagina