ENDOMETRIOSIS
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Endometrium-like tissue found outside the uterus, histologically and functionally identical to the endometrium, reacts to menstruation with swelling and pain, and can form decidua during pregnancy.
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For many years endometrium-like tissue has been recognized as occurring in the ovary, on the surface of the uterus, in the rectovaginal septum, in the umbilicus and elsewhere in the pelvis. To Sampson, however, belongs the credit for elucidating the pathologic nature and life history of the condition. In typical instances this tissue is histologically and functionally identical with the endometrium; its reaction to menstruation is evidenced by swelling, pain and tenderness at the menstrual periods as the result of the escape of blood into the glandular spaces. The formation of decidua in these misplaced glands has been shown to occur during intra-uterine pregnancy, and atrophy of these formations commonly follows cessation of ovarian function. On these facts are based the interpretations of the symptomatology and the principles underlying treatment. SYMPTOMATOLOGY The literature is replete with contributions dealing with the etiology of endometriosis, but it is remarkedly poor in those
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- Dysmenorrhoea and absenteeism; some gynaecologic and medico-social aspects 1959
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- The management of endometriosis of the large intestine 1956
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- Conservatism in endometriosis 1954
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- Endometrioma of the sigmoid with vicarious menstruation and intermittent intestinal obstruction 1954
- Fever in endometriosis 1952
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- Results in 138 cases of endometriosis treated by conservative surgery 1949
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- The Use of Androgens in Women 1947
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- Contribution to the diagnosis of strangulating endometriosis in the sigmoid colon 1939
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- A clinical and experimental study of endometriosis 1933
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