title: Histologic study of peritoneal endometriosis in infertile women.
abstract: The present study included 118 patients undergoing a laparoscopy for infertility. In 86 patients with laparoscopically diagnosed endometriosis (group I), biopsies were taken from areas of apparent endometriosis (n = 86) and from a visually normal peritoneum (n = 52). Histology reveals the presence of endometriosis in 93% of positive sites and in 13% of negative sites. In 32 patients without endometriosis at laparoscopy (group II), biopsies were taken from normal uterosacral ligaments (n = 32). Endometriosis was observed in 6% of cases. Despite the increased ability to detect pigmented and nonpigmented endometriotic lesion, histological study revealed the presence of endometriosis in normal peritoneum in 13% (group I) and 6% (group II) of cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nisolle
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Paindaveine
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bourdon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berlière
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Casanas-Roux
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Donnez
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*