This is a detailed, comprehensive reference on the latest developments in the ethiopathogeny and management of endometriosis. The book contains 39 chapter in eleven sections on physiopathology, clinical diagnosis, histopathology, immune dysfunction, tissue remodeling, angiogenesis, treatment of associated infertility, laparoscopy, pain and deep lesions, GnRH agonist therapies, the place of oral contraceptives, and recurrent endometriosis. Includes bibliographic references and index.
Endometriosis is an organ dependent-disease.
Peritoneal endometriosis, ovarian endometriosis and adenomyotic nodules of the rectovaginal septum are three different entities. Endometriosis is not a disease but an epiphenomenon. Resident leukocytes in endometriosis. Role of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 in the pathophysiology of endometriosis. Cell adhesion molecules.