title: Increased diagnostic accuracy of laparoscopy in endometriosis using indigo carmine: a new technique.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the technique and outcome of laparoscopy in endometriosis using indigo carmine.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary care center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-nine-year-old nulligravid woman with a history of endometriosis and left unicornuate uterus with an absent right horn with a present right ovary and distal fallopian tube with recurrence of disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Operative laparoscopy for destruction of endometriosis and chromopertubation, given the patient's history of infertility.
  
  
  METHODS
  Identification of endometriosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lesions of endometriosis were stained with indigo carmine and were easily identified.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tissue staining demonstrated lesions of endometriosis that were more easily identified; therefore, this technique could provide a special and unique approach to a more accurate diagnosis of endometriosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: J Alejandro
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rauh-Hain
authors.forename: Marc R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Laufer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004396:Coloring Agents; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007203:Indigo Carmine; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000175:diagnosis; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007203:Indigo Carmine