title: Diagnosis of endometriosis.
abstract: The diagnosis of endometriosis is based on the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity and direct or indirect evidence of cyclic bleeding. Clinically three entities can be distinguished: the peritoneal implant, the endometrial cyst and the deep-nodular lesion. Laparoscopy and biopsy remain the gold standard for diagnosis, but in addition attention should be paid to the detection of functional activity, such as bleeding, by non-invasive techniques.
authors.affiliation: Leuven Institute for Fertility and Embryology, Belgium.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brosens
mesh_terms: D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D018394:CA-125 Antigen