[Endometriosis in adolescents and young women. Can we afford to delay the diagnosis?].
Retrospective analysis performed on medical records of 129 adolescents and young women treated surgically at I Dept. of Surgical Gynaecology during the nine years period (1989-1998) revealed 22 cases (17%) of endometriosis. Main indication for surgical intervention, apart from dysmenorrhoea and cyclic abdominal pain, had been the presence of endometriod cyst, as disclosed by ultrasound investigation (66%). Despite of negative result of imaging or clinical examination subjective complaints necessitated laparotomy in 27% of cases. According to American Fertility Society endometriosis classification, 17% subjects presented endometriosis in I stage, 17%--in stage II and remaining 66%--endometrioid cysts with stage III. Authors conclude, that in cases with persistent abdominal pain, not responding to conventional therapy, diagnostic laparoscopy/laparotomy in young women should not be delayed, unless endometriosis is suspected.
Zrubek
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H
Kliniki Ginekologii Operacyjnej I Katedry Połoznictwa i Chorób Kobiecych AM w Lublinie.
Sikorski
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M
Nasser
M
M
Stachowicz
N
N
Chil
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index