endometriosis

Key facts

Medical condition.name

Endometriosis

Medical condition.image

202503 Endometriosis with annotation.svg

Medical condition.alt

Diagram of uterus with endometriosis on Fallopian tubes and an endometrioma in the right ovary. Adhesions connect the right ovary to the uterus.

Medical condition.field

Gynecology

Medical condition.symptoms

Pelvic pain, infertility, painful periods

Medical condition.onset

Adolescence or early 20s

Medical condition.duration

Long-term

Medical condition.causes

Unknown

Medical condition.risks

Family history, early first period, short cycle length

Medical condition.diagnosis

Based on symptoms, medical imaging, tissue biopsy

Medical condition.differential

Adenomyosis, irritable bowel syndrome, bladder pain syndrome

Medical condition.treatment

NSAIDs, continuous birth control pills, hormonal IUD (coil), surgery

Medical condition.frequency

Roughly 10% of women of reproductive age

via Wikipedia infobox

• Endometriosis: advances and controversies in classification, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment.ReviewF1000Research · 2019Rolla EDOI: 10.12688/f1000research.14817.1
• Pathogenesis Based Diagnosis and Treatment of Endometriosis.ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology · 2021Koninckx PR, Fernandes R, Ussia A et al.DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.745548
• Endometriosis still a challenge.ReviewJournal of medicine and life · 2014Mehedintu C, Plotogea MN, Ionescu S et al.
• Effect of physical activity and exercise on endometriosis-associated symptoms: a systematic review.BMC women's health · 2021Tennfjord MK, Gabrielsen R, Tellum TDOI: 10.1186/s12905-021-01500-4
• Adolescent Endometriosis: An Update.ReviewJournal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology · 2020Shim JY, Laufer MRDOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2019.11.011
• Dysmenorrhea and Endometriosis in Adolescents.ReviewObstetrics and gynecology clinics of North America · 2024Shim JYDOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2024.08.003
• Endometriosis and cancer.ReviewFree radical biology & medicine · 2019Kajiyama H, Suzuki S, Yoshihara M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.12.015
• Endometriosis in postmenopause.ReviewCeska gynekologie · 2022Hanáček Jiří, Drahoňovský Jan, Heřman Hynek et al.DOI: 10.48095/cccg2022427

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