title: What is endosalpingiosis?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the demographics and clinical presentation of endosalpingiosis. To compare endosalpingiosis with endometriosis, particularly in regards to infertility and chronic pelvic pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  We included women with a histologic diagnosis of endosalpingiosis, a second group with a histologic diagnosis of endometriosis, and a final group who had neither endosalpingiosis nor endometriosis, with histology reports after undergoing gynecologic surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  None.
  
  
  METHODS
  Infertility and chronic pelvic pain.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that 34.5% of endosalpingiosis cases had concurrent endometriosis; 40% of the endosalpingiosis group were postmenopausal. Endometriosis was significantly associated with infertility (odds ratio [OR] 3.5, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.4-8.5) and chronic pelvic pain (OR 3.0, 95% CI 1.7-5.5). In contrast, there was no significant link between endosalpingiosis and infertility (OR 1.6, 95% CI 0.7-3.7) nor chronic pelvic pain (OR 0.8, 95% CI 0.5-1.5). Gynecologic malignancy occurred significantly more in premenopausal women with endosalpingiosis than in those without (OR 10.3, 95% CI 3.6-29.8).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endosalpingiosis appears to affect postmenopausal women at a rate much higher than previously reported. Endosalpingiosis and endometriosis occur concurrently in 34% of endosalpingiosis cases; however, the two diseases have different clinical presentations. This demonstrates that endosalpingiosis is not a variant of endometriosis.
authors: Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. prentice.lucy@gmail.com
authors: Lucy
authors: L
authors: Prentice
authors: Alistair
authors: A
authors: Stewart
authors: Seema
authors: S
authors: Mohiuddin
authors: Neil Philip
authors: NP
authors: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D017698:Postmenopause; D012189:Retrospective Studies