Endometriosis-associated Lyme
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This study identified three cases of endometriosis-associated Lyme disease among 405 endometriosis patients, with serological confirmation and one successful IVF-ET pregnancy.
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The aim of this study is to report three cases of patients with endometriosis and infertility, and associated with Lyme disease. The medical files of 405 women with endometriosis and 200 without endometriosis were studied retrospectively. We report 3 cases with endometriosis and Lyme disease. Of 405 patients with endometriosis treated in our study over a 6-year period, 3(0.8%) had Lyme disease. All cases presented with typical erythema migraines, fever and fatigue. The serological findings were positive for Borrelia burgdorferi, for 3 cases. Two out of 3 women underwent IVF-ET procedures and one of them conceived in the first cycle without complication during pregnancy or after childbirth recorded. We concluded that women with endometriosis are more likely to have chronic fatigue syndrome, systemic lupus erythematous, Sjögren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and other autoimmune inflammatory and endocrine diseases. A review of the literature confirms the uniqueness of the co-existence of Lyme disease in women with endometriosis in these cases.
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- High rates of autoimmune and endocrine disorders, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and atopic diseases among women with endometriosis: a survey analysis 2002
- Immunology and Endometriosis 2003
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- Impact of endometriosis and its staging on assisted reproduction outcome: systematic review and meta-analysis 2014
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- Difference in the presence of cell-mediated and humoral immunity in patients with endometriosis compared with healthy women 2011
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Cited by (3)
- Impact of endometriosis and its staging on assisted reproduction outcome: systematic review and meta-analysis 2014
- The co-occurrence of endometriosis with multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjogren syndrome 2011
- Difference in the presence of cell-mediated and humoral immunity in patients with endometriosis compared with healthy women 2011
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