Correlation of histological and macroscopic findings in peritoneal endometriosis.

Johanna Strehl, Johanna D Strehl, Janina Hackl, David L Wachter, Peter Klingsiek, Stefanie Burghaus, Stefan P Renner, Peter A Fasching, Arndt Hartmann, Matthias W Beckmann
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2014 · vol. 7(1) , pp. 152–62 · PMID:24427335 · W2258832066
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This study analyzed peritoneal endometriosis lesions of different colors (black, white, red, brown) and found that color categories reflect lesion morphology and stromal reaction, likely indicating an aging process rather than varying disease activity.

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CONTEXT: In the last two decades, a color based concept of disease activity in peritoneal endometriosis has been in use in the clinical context, with red lesions being considered active and black or white lesions being interpreted as less active or dormant. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to analyze 4 main color categories of peritoneal endometriosis (black, white, red and brown) in one single patient group using histomorphological and immunohistochemical methods. DESIGN: 65 endometriosis lesions (30 black, 17 white, 11 brown, 7 red) were resected from 47 premenopausal, nulliparous women which had not received exogenous hormones for at least six months prior to the operation. Specimen workup, histomorphological analysis and immunohistochemical analysis were performed in a standardized manner. RESULTS: The color categories showed a broad overlap in proliferative activity and hormone receptor expression. Differences were found in lesion morphology. Adjacent stromal reaction in particular showed a marked increase from red through brown and black to white lesions. Differences were also seen in gland pattern and gland content. CONCLUSIONS: Lesion colors in peritoneal endometriosis seem to be determined by gland content and a varying adjacent stromal reaction and more likely reflect an aging process than different levels of disease activity.

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mesh:D004715endometriosis

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Endometriosis Peritoneal Diseases Adult Endometriosis Female Humans Immunohistochemistry Middle Aged Peritoneal Diseases Young Adult

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