Objective: To investigate possible risk factors for the development of endometriosis. Study Design: A case control study of 147 women with a new diagnosis of endometriosis, and 131 normal controls recruited from well women clinics. Controls were screened for the presence of symptoms of endometriosis. The setting was two tertiary referral centres for endometriosis and surrounding community clini...

Endometriosis of a surgical scar is rare and occurs mainly when a hysterectomy or Cesarean section was performed. We describe a 54-year-old woman with a large suprapubic mass as a definite case of a endomerioid carcinoma developing within the scar endometriosis following Cesarean section. Scar endometriosis, as well as endometriosis at other sites, can turn malignant. Endometrioid carcinoma is ...

Endometriosis is a debilitating disease with features of chronic inflammation. Endometriosis appears to be one of the most common benign gynecological proliferations in premenopausal women since it is estimated that 10-15% of reproductive aged women suffer from pelvic endometriosis. The biology of endometriosis is unclear. Despite its prevalence, this disease remains poorly understood and curre...

Endometriosis, defined as the ectopic presence of endometrial-like cells, is associated with infertility and pelvic pain in women. Whereas pathogenesis and spontaneous evolution of endometriosis are still poorly understood, recurrences after surgical therapy or after medical treatment are common. Spontaneous endometriosis occurs only in women and in nonhuman primates (NHPs). Inbred rhesus monke...

INTRODUCTION Deep infiltrating endometriosis is a form of endometriosis penetrating deeply under the peritoneal surface causing pain and infertility. Assessment of the pelvis by laparoscopy and histological confirmation of the disease is considered the golden standard of diagnosis. CASE OUTLINE We are presenting a patient diagnosed with deep infiltrating endometriosis by transvaginal ultrasou...

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to compare the prevalence of thyroid diseases between women with and without endometriosis.We established the endometriosis group according to diagnosis codes, surgery codes, and gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist codes using the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service-National Inpatients Sample (HIRA-NIS) from 2009 to 2011. Four contr...

Abdominal wall endometriosis is usually preceded by obstetrical operations and occasionally can be spontaneous. The diagnosis can be suspected clinically when there is systemic endometriosis or cyclical pain; otherwise it is difficult to differentiate it from other abdominal tumors and non-neoplastic conditions. Fine needle aspiration is an extremely valuable and safe tool for pre-operative eva...

The most common presentations of endometriosis include pelvic pain, infertility, and adnexal mass. The ovaries, the posterior leaf of the broad ligament, and the cul-de-sac of Douglas behind the uterus are the most common locations of endometriosis, and the left side is more frequently affected than the right, as the rectosigmoid and its mesocolon both often involved with endometriosis enter th...

Endometriosis is a fascinating disease that we strive to better understand. Molecular techniques are shedding new light on many important aspects of this disease: from pathogenesis to the recognition of distinct disease variants like deep infiltrating endometriosis. The observation that endometriosis is a cancer precursor has now been strengthened with the knowledge that mutations that are pres...

Endometriosis is one of the most common gynecological diseases and affects ~10% of women in reproductive age. The most common clinical signs of endometriosis are menstrual irregularities, chronic pelvic pain (CPP), dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia and infertility. Symptoms of endometriosis often affect psychological and social functioning of patients. For this reason, endometriosis is considered as a ...