{"paper_id":"602c5774-d91a-4a1b-b829-45d728e1b332","body_text":"Subscribe to RSS\nPlease copy the URL and add it into your RSS Feed Reader.\nhttps://www.thieme-connect.de/rss/thieme/en/10.1055-s-00000072.xml\nSemin Reprod Med 1997; 15(3): 229-233\nDOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1068752\nDOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1068752\nDiagnosis of Endometriosis\nFurther Information\nPublication History\nPublication Date:\n15 March 2008 (online)\nAbstract\nThe diagnosis of endometriosis is based on the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity and direct or indirect evidence of cyclic bleeding. Clinically three entities can be distinguished: the peritoneal implant, the endometrial cyst and the deep-nodular lesion. Laparoscopy and biopsy remain the gold standard for diagnosis, but in addition attention should be paid to the detection of functional activity, such as bleeding, by non-invasive techniques.\nKeywords:\nEctopic endometrium - cyclic bleeding - laparoscopy - imaging techniques - CA-125","source_license":"public-domain-us","license_restricted":false}