Physiopathologie de l’endométriose

J. Guinamant, Stéphane Ploteau
In: Côlon & Rectum · 2016 · vol. 10(3) , pp. 159–163 · doi:10.1007/s11725-016-0658-y · W2502027510
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Endometriosis, affecting 5-10% of women, presents in peritoneal, ovarian, and deep forms, with pain stemming from inflammation, nerve invasion, and adhesions.

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This paper reviews the physiopathology of endometriosis, describing that the condition affects about 5–10% of women of reproductive age and is composed of three distinct entities (peritoneal endometriosis, ovarian endometriosis, and deep cystic disease), distinguished by topography and histology. It attributes the main pain symptoms to inflammation at endometriotic implants, nerve infiltration leading to visceral hypersensitivity, and adhesions associated with infertility. The authors discuss that endometriosis is multifactorial, with proposed contributions from genetic, hormonal, immune, and environmental factors, but the overview does not provide new experimental results and relies on previously advanced hypotheses. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it focuses on the disease’s mechanisms and proposed multifactorial origins.

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L’endométriose est une affection gynécologique touchant 5 à 10 % des femmes en période d’activité génitale. Il en existe trois entités distinctes, d’un point de vue topographique, histologique et probablement physiopathologique: l’endométriose péritonéale, ovarienne et profonde. La symptomatologie douloureuse observée est la résultante de trois phénomènes qui sont l’inflammation au niveau des implants endométriosiques, l’envahissement nerveux responsable d’une hypersensibilité viscérale et les adhérences également responsables de l’infertilité. Plusieurs hypothèses ont été avancées afin d’expliquer l’origine de cette maladie. C’est une maladie plurifactorielle dans laquelle des facteurs génétiques, hormonaux, immunitaires et environnementaux peuvent être évoqués.
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Endometriosis is a gynecological condition affecting 5-10% of women of childbearing. There are three distinct entities from a histological and topographic point of view: peritoneal endometriosis, ovarian and peritoneal deep cystic. Symptoms observed are the result of three phenomena inflammation at the endometriosis implants, nerve infiltration responsible for visceral hypersensitivity and adhesions responsible for infertility. Several hypotheses have been advanced to explain the origin of this disease. Predisposing factors of the disease may be genetic, hormonal, immune and environmental.

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