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BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY
卷 71, 期 -, 页码 14-26出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2020.08.005
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Endometriosis; Epidemiology; Genetics; Epigenetics; Pathogenesis; Histology
Endometriosis was previously considered a single disease, but is now understood to encompass various pathologies. Most datasets do not take into account the severity of the condition, leading to challenges in recognizing subtle lesions.
As the diagnosis requires a laparoscopy, we only have data in women with pain and/or infertility. Endometriosis has been considered to be a single disease defined as 'endometrium like glands and stroma outside the uterus'. However, subtle, typical, cystic ovarian and deep endometriosis lesions should be considered to be different pathologies which occur in all combinations and with different severities. All large datasets, especially those based on hospital discharge records, consider endometriosis to be a single disease without taking into account severity. In particular, the variable prevalence and recognition of subtle lesions is problematic. Reliable surgical data are small series not permitting multivariate analysis. Endometriosis is a hereditary disease. The oxidative stress of heavy menstrual bleeding with retrograde menstruation and an altered pelvic microbiome are probably associated with increasingly severe endometriosis. Whether the prevalence is increasing, or whether endometriosis is associated with fat intake or an increased risk of cardiovascular disease is unclear. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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