title: Peritoneal fluid eicosanoids in chronic pelvic pain.
abstract: Products of the cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase pathways of arachidonic acid metabolism were estimated in the cul-de-sac fluid from patients with endometriosis, pelvic adhesions and normal laparoscopic examinations, with and without chronic pelvic pain. No correlation between the symptoms, underlying diagnoses, and the concentrations of eicosanoids were observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCLA School of Medicine 90024.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rapkin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhattacherjee
mesh_terms: D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha / Q000378:metabolism; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000378:metabolism*; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism; D015777:Eicosanoids / Q000378:metabolism*; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000378:metabolism; D010388:Pelvis; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D015777:Eicosanoids; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D015121:6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha; D015232:Dinoprostone