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Although endometriosis could be associated with certain epithelial ovarian cancers and elevated serum cancer antigen (CA) 19-9 levels, it is difficult to diagnose endometriosis using this marker. We report an unusual case of endometriosis t…

Minimal and mild endometriosis (stages I/II) is frequently identified in subfertile patients, especially in case of unexplained infertility. The impact of those lesions on fecundity is still debatted and they have been considered as paraphy…

Backgroundl’endometriose minime ou legere est frequemment identifiee chez les femmes hypofertiles, en particulier en cas de sterilite inexpliquee. L’impact de ces lesions sur la fertilite est des plus controverse, certains considerant ces l…

Endometriosis may affect adolescent girls. The scientific literature on endometriosis in adolescents is limited, and many aspects are still uncertain despite a growing number of related reports. The prevalence of endometriosis in adolescent…

A recent study indicated that left-handed women have more than twice the risk of developing breast cancer before reaching the menopause than right-handed women 1. As a potential explanation, the authors suggest the existence of a prenatal i…

L’endometriose peut toucher l’adolescente. La litterature scientifique concernant l’endometriose de l’adolescente est encore limitee, et divers aspects sont encore incertains, malgre un plus grand nombre de publications. La prevalence de l’…

Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction - Vol. 32 - N° 8-C2 - p. 15-19

Coaching is a well-known terminology and an approach currently used, particularly in the worlds of company management and sport, but its use in the medical field appeared only recently. In the latter field, coaching bears behavioral and psy…

The objective of this short review is to identify the particularities of women with endometriosis, especially those complaining of pain and with the most severe lesions. Genetic aberrations play, with a high probability, a major role in the…

Stage III endometriosis is defined by a r-AFS score respectively ranging from 16 to 40 and stage IV over 40. Deep pelvic endometriosis presents essentially in the form of a painful syndrome dominated by chronic pelvic painful, dysmenorrhea …

The particularities of endometriosis were analyzed based upon a series of 40 cases of adolescents aged 11 to 19 years. It was possible to distinguish two entities: 1) endometriosis associated with an obstructive genital anomaly sometimes fo…

Medical treatment of endometriosis has been applied since 40 years. Its rational is based upon the hormone-dependency of the endometriotic lesions inducing a resting status. Adhesions, endometriomas or fibrous sequellae do not respond to me…

Since the initial description of endometriosis, several histogenetic theories have been put forward. Endometriosis has been attributed either to coelomic metaplasia, or to embryonic remnants or to the dissemination by various routes and sub…