What is endosalpingiosis?

Lucy Prentice, Prentice L, Prentice LR, L Prentice, Alistair Stewart, Alistair W. Stewart, Stewart A, Mohiuddin S, Seema Mohiuddin, Neil Philip Johnson, Johnson Np, Neil Johnson
Fertility and sterility · 2012 · vol. 98(4) , pp. 942–947 · doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.06.039 · PMID:22819185 · W2023797295
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This paper aims to define endosalpingiosis, a condition where ectopic tubal-type epithelium is found in the ovary or pelvic peritoneum.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe the demographics and clinical presentation of endosalpingiosis. To compare endosalpingiosis with endometriosis, particularly in regards to infertility and chronic pelvic pain. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. SETTING: Hospital. PATIENT(S): We included women with a histologic diagnosis of endosalpingiosis, a second group with a histologic diagnosis of endometriosis, and a final group who had neither endosalpingiosis nor endometriosis, with histology reports after undergoing gynecologic surgery. INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Infertility and chronic pelvic pain. RESULT(S): We found that 34.5% of endosalpingiosis cases had concurrent endometriosis; 40% of the endosalpingiosis group were postmenopausal. Endometriosis was significantly associated with infertility (odds ratio [OR] 3.5, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.4-8.5) and chronic pelvic pain (OR 3.0, 95% CI 1.7-5.5). In contrast, there was no significant link between endosalpingiosis and infertility (OR 1.6, 95% CI 0.7-3.7) nor chronic pelvic pain (OR 0.8, 95% CI 0.5-1.5). Gynecologic malignancy occurred significantly more in premenopausal women with endosalpingiosis than in those without (OR 10.3, 95% CI 3.6-29.8). CONCLUSION(S): Endosalpingiosis appears to affect postmenopausal women at a rate much higher than previously reported. Endosalpingiosis and endometriosis occur concurrently in 34% of endosalpingiosis cases; however, the two diseases have different clinical presentations. This demonstrates that endosalpingiosis is not a variant of endometriosis.

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endometriosischronic_pelvic_pain

MeSH descriptors

Endometriosis Fallopian Tube Diseases Infertility, Female Adult Adult Aged Aged Chronic Pain Chronic Pain Chronic Pain Chronic Pain Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Fallopian Tube Diseases Fallopian Tube Diseases Fallopian Tube Diseases Female Female Genital Neoplasms, Female

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