Different types of extragenital endometriosis: a review

Gynecol Endocrinol. 1993 Sep;7(3):207-21. doi: 10.3109/09513599309152504.

Abstract

Endometriotic growth may appear in any structure in the body. As well as affecting the internal genitalia, lesions are not uncommon in the bowel, urinary tract and thorax and reports of a number of cases at rarer sites have been published. This review is based on more than 1000 publications on the subject, that allows an overview of the appearance of the disease in different organs.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Endometriosis / complications
  • Endometriosis / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Diseases / etiology
  • Intestinal Diseases / pathology
  • Intestinal Diseases / therapy
  • Muscular Diseases / diagnosis
  • Muscular Diseases / etiology
  • Muscular Diseases / pathology
  • Muscular Diseases / therapy
  • Thoracic Diseases / diagnosis
  • Thoracic Diseases / etiology
  • Thoracic Diseases / pathology
  • Thoracic Diseases / therapy
  • Urologic Diseases / diagnosis
  • Urologic Diseases / etiology
  • Urologic Diseases / pathology
  • Urologic Diseases / therapy