Different types of extragenital endometriosis: a review.
Endometriotic growth may appear in any structure in the body. As well as affecting the internal genitalia, lesions are not uncommon in the bowel, urinary tract and thorax and reports of a number of cases at rarer sites have been published. This review is based on more than 1000 publications on the subject, that allows an overview of the appearance of the disease in different organs.
Bergqvist
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy