title: Thrombospondin-1 serum levels do not correlate with pelvic pain in patients with ovarian endometriosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Thrombospondin-1 serum levels is correlate with pelvic pain in patients with ovarian endometriosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thrombospondin-1 serum levels were prospectively analysed in 51 patients (group A asymptomatic patients or patients presenting mild dysmenorrhea and women comprised group B severe dysmenorrhea and/or chronic pelvic pain and/or dyspareunia) who underwent surgery for cystic ovarian endometriosis to asses whether a correlation exists among thrombospondin-1 serum levels and pelvic pain.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From 56 patients, five cases were ultimately excluded, because the histological diagnosis was other than cystic ovarian endometriosis (2 teratomas and 3 haemorrhagic cysts). The mean thrombospondin-1 serum levels in group A was 256,69 pg/ml_+37,07 and in group B was 291,41 pg/ml + 35,59.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pain symptoms in ovarian endometriosis is not correlated with thrombospondin-1 serum levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. mgmanero@unav.es.
authors.forename: Manuel García
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Manero
authors.forename: Begoña
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Olartecoechea
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Royo
authors.forename: Juan Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Alcázar