Extraperitoneal endometriosis: a diagnosis to be considered
This retrospective review of six patients highlights the rarity of extraperitoneal endometriosis and recommends surgical treatment while noting diagnostic challenges and the need for postoperative follow-up.
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This paper reports a retrospective case series of six women diagnosed with extraperitoneal endometriosis at Vega Baja University Hospital in Spain over the prior five years, aiming to highlight the need to consider penetrating diagnosis of nonspecific extraperitoneal masses in reproductive-age women. Surgical treatment resulted in positive outcomes in five of six patients, but only two patients received a correct preoperative diagnosis; the paper states that the etiology remains unknown and that diagnosis relies on clinical and cytopathological (histological) findings. The authors recommend surgical treatment while noting that postoperative follow-up is obligatory and that hormonal suppressive therapy may be necessary, and they report that medical treatments such as gestagens, danazol, or GnRH agonists were ineffective for endometriomas larger than 2 cm. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — specifically extraperitoneal endometriosis and diagnostic recognition of extraperitoneal masses.
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