Evaluation of histopathological and clinical correlation in cases of endometrioma

Objective : The aim of this study is the correlation of clinical findings, ultrasonographic findings and postlaparoscopic pathological findings of 627 patients who were prediagnosed as endometrioma in the recent one year period in our hospital. Material and Methods : In the recent one year period, the patients admitted to our hospital between age of 20 and 40 were analyzed according to their clinical findings, serum Ca-125 results , ultrasonographic findings and compared with postlaparoscopic pathological findings. Results : The interpretation of 627 patients who were diagnosed as endometrioma according to their clinical findings, serum Ca-125 results and ultrasonographic findings has revealed 79% accordance with postlaparoscopic pathological findings. Conclusion : The pre-surgical diagnosis of endometrioma is supported by clinical symptoms, serum Ca-125 results and ultrasonographic findings. But definitive diagnostic method is the correlation of postoperative pathological results with clinical findings.