4 Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Pain in obstetrics and gynaecology — study group statement. http://www.rcog.org.uk/ index.asp?PageID=1739 (accessed Jun 2008). 5 Gambone JC, Mittman BS, Munro MG, et al. Consensus statement for the management of chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis: proceedings of an expert-panel consensus process. Fertil Steril 2002; 78: 961-972. 6 American Colle...

Endometriosis is a debilitating, estrogen-dependent, progesterone-resistant, inflammatory gynecological disease of reproductive age women. Two major clinical symptoms of endometriosis are chronic intolerable pelvic pain and subfertility or infertility, which profoundly affect the quality of life in women. Current hormonal therapies to induce a hypoestrogenic state are unsuccessful because of un...

Endometriosis is a disease distinguished by the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity with intralesional recurrent bleeding and resulting fibrosis. The most common locations for endometriosis are the ovaries, pelvic peritoneum, uterosacral ligaments, and torus uterinus. Typical symptoms are secondary dysmenorrhea and cyclic or chronic pelvic pain. Unusual sites of endometrio...

OBJECTIVE To determine the value of Patient Assisted Laparoscopy (PAL) in the diagnosis of pelvic pain. METHODS One hundred patients with pelvic pain were assessed by the procedure of Patient Assisted Laparoscopy to determine the cause of chronic pelvic pain. RESULTS Of the 100 patients with pelvic pain, 12 patients were not assessed due to technique failure, which included reaction to the ...

Background: Endometriosis, defined as the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, is one of the common gynecological disorders which affect about 10% of the women in the general population. This benign condition is associated with dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, chronic pelvic pain and infertility but may also be completely asymptomatic in some cases. Endometriosis is the common reason of...

background: endometriosis is one of the most commonly encountered benign problems in gynaecology. it is frequently associated with chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhoea, menorrhagia and dyspareunia, which lead to infertility. we determined the possible association between cyp1a1 mspi and gstm1 null polymorphism in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. materials and methods: ninety seven cases of endo...

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent chronic inflammatory condition associated with variable degrees of pelvic pain and infertility. Studies have showed that the growth and progression of endometriosis continue even in ovariectomized animals. This indicates that besides ovarian steroid hormones, the growth of endometriosis can be regulated by the innate immune system in the pelvic environment...

location of deep infiltrating endometriosis Fertil Steril 2002; 78: 719–726. 6 Porpora MG, Koninckx PR, Piazze J, Colagrande S, Cosmi EV. Correlation between endometriosis and pelvic pain. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 1999; 6: 429–434. 7 Vercellini P. Endometriosis: what a pain it is. Semin Reprod Endocrinol 1997; 13: 251–261. 8 Momoeda M, Taketani Y, Terakawa N, Hoshiai H, Tanaka K, Tsutsumi O,...

background: letrozole is an aromatase inhibitor which can decrease estrogen production in peripheral tissues and endometriosis. danazol, as an androgen, inhibits estrogen production in ovaries and recently has been introduced as an aromatase inhibitor. this study was designed to compare the effects of danazol with letrozole on endometriosis symptom relief. materials and methods: this study was ...