ENZIAN-Score, eine Klassifikation der tief infiltrierenden Endometriose

F Tuttlies, J Keckstein, U Ulrich, Marc Possover, M Possover, Karl-Werner Schweppe, K W Schweppe, M Wustlich, O Buchweitz, R Greb, R. R. Greb, O Kandolf, R Mangold, W Masetti, K Neis, K. J. Neis, G Rauter, Natalie Reeka, N Reeka, O Richter, A E Schindler, M Sillem, Martin Sillem, V Terruhn, H R Tinneberg, Hans‐Rudolf Tinneberg
Zentralblatt fur Gynakologie · 2005 · vol. 127(05) , pp. 275–281 · doi:10.1055/s-2005-836904 · PMID:16195969 · W1232911261
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The ENZIAN-Score is a new classification system for deep infiltrating endometriosis, particularly in the retroperitoneum, using an oncological staging analogy to detail nodule location and extent.

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The paper presents the ENZIAN-Score, a new classification system for deep infiltrating endometriosis, with particular focus on retroperitoneal manifestations of severe disease. It defines four stages analogous to oncologic staging, and further subdivides disease based on the localization and extent of endometriosis nodules. The authors report that the previously used rAFS-score lacks clinical suitability for meaningful categorization, supporting this claim with a retrospective analysis of their own patient cohort with severe intestinal endometriosis. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — specifically developing and evaluating the ENZIAN-Score classification for deep infiltrating disease, including retroperitoneal and intestinal involvement.

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Abstract

The ENZIAN-Score is presented as a new instrument to classify the deep infiltrating endometriosis. Especially the retroperitoneal part of the severe endometriosis is focussed on. In analogy to an oncological staging four different stages are pronounced. The localisation and the expansion of the endometriosis nodule was indicated to different subgroups. The still used rAFS-score is of no clinical evidence, as we pointed out in a retrospective study of our patients with severe intestinal endometriosis.

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Enzian

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endometriosisdie_deep_infiltrating

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Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometrial Neoplasms Endometrial Neoplasms Endometriosis Female Humans Neoplasm Staging

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