Endometriosis [ Abridged ]

Linton Snaith, L Snaith
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine · 1968 · vol. 61(4) , pp. 358–360 · doi:10.1177/003591576806100419 · PMID:5653994 · PMC1902402 · W1854065162
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This study treated 41 endometriosis patients with oral progestogens, observing improvement in 22 of 28 preoperative cases and all 18 postoperative cases.

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Abstract

41 patients were treated for endometriosis with an oral progestogen in most cases norethisterone acetate. In preoperative cases treatment was administered both continously and cyclically depending upon the incursion of side effects. In 22 out of 28 women given preoperative treatment improvement was seen before laparotomy. In postoperative treatment without previous hormone therapy all 18 cases improved whether due to surgery and/or therapy. It was undetermined if the decidual reaction followed by necrosis was the effective mechanism of the progestogens.

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dyspareuniaendometriosis

MeSH descriptors

Endometriosis Norethindrone Progestins Adult Dyspareunia Dyspareunia Embryo Implantation Embryo Implantation Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometrium Endometrium Estrogens Estrogens Female Granulosa Cell Tumor Granulosa Cell Tumor Humans Hysterectomy

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