title: Endometriosis of the retrocervical septum is proposed to replace the anatomically incorrect term endometriosis of the rectovaginal septum.
abstract: We propose that the term retrocervical septum be added to the medical lexicon to designate the anatomic location of endometriosis of the septum that separates the vagina and posterior vaginal fornix from the rectovaginal pouch of Douglas. Use of the terms retrocervical septum and endometriosis of the retrocervical septum would correct the century-long misuse of the anatomically incorrect term, endometriosis of the rectovaginal septum.
authors.affiliation: University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA rbatt@buffalo.edu.
authors.forename: Ronald E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Batt
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Germantown, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Dan C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Kunle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Odunsi
mesh_terms: D004715:Endometriosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D002577:Uterine Cervical Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014599:Uterus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
keywords: endometriosis; endometriosis of rectovaginal septum; endometriosis of retrocervical septum; rectovaginal septum; retrocervical septum