Peripheral Basophil Count is Increased in Patients with Endometriosis.

Endometriosis affects up to 10% of premenopausal women causing pelvic pain and infertility. Whilst the pathogenesis remains unclear, estrogen-dependence and inflammation play a key role. Currently, laparoscopic surgery is the diagnostic gold standard. Thus, an urgent unmet clinic need for a minimally invasive and widely available diagnostic tool exists. Levels of circulating leukocytes have been suggested as potent biomarkers for various conditions and can be extracted from routine full blood count (FBC) tests. This study investigates the potential value of leukocyte subtypes as biomarkers for endometriosis.