JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants

Female chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common, complex, multifactorial disorder that can negatively affect sexual functioning and emotional well-being. Effective assessment necessitates a comprehensive patient history and trauma-informed phy…

ABSTRACT: Endometriosis, defined as endometrium-like tissue located outside the uterine cavity, is a chronic and frequently painful disease that affects about 10% of reproductive-aged women worldwide. The ectopic endometrial tissue, which i…

Abdominal wall endometriosis is ectopic endometrial tissue in the abdominal wall. Consider this condition in any woman presenting with chronic abdominal pain and a surgical history significant for exposure of the abdominal cavity to the end…

Years of worsening pain in the surgical scar of an active young mother proved baffling until an MRI revealed a soft-tissue mass in an uncommon location.