Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent inflammatory disorder characterized by the presence and growth of endometrial-like stroma and glands outside the uterine cavity It predominantly affects females of reproductive age, typically implanting on pelvic peritoneum, ovaries, fallopian tubes, the pouch of Douglas, and adjacent bowel or bladder surfaces, though extrapelvic dissemination can occur These ectopic implants undergo cyclic bleeding and local inflammation in response to ovarian horm...

It predominantly affects females of reproductive age, typically implanting on pelvic peritoneum, ovaries, fallopian tubes, the pouch of Douglas, and adjacent bowel or bladder surfaces, though extrapelvic dissemination can occur These ectopic implants undergo cyclic bleeding and local inflammation in response to ovarian hormones, resulting in fibrosis, pelvic adhesions, chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and subfertility or infertility

It predominantly affects females of reproductive age, typically implanting on pelvic peritoneum, ovaries, fallopian tubes, the pouch of Douglas, and adjacent bowel or bladder surfaces, though extrapelvic dissemination can occur

It predominantly affects females of reproductive age, typically implanting on pelvic peritoneum, ovaries, fallopian tubes, the pouch of Douglas, and adjacent bowel or bladder surfaces, though extrapelvic dissemination can occur These ectopic implants undergo cyclic bleeding and local inflammation in response to ovarian hormones, resulting in fibrosis, pelvic adhesions, chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and subfertility or infertility

These ectopic implants undergo cyclic bleeding and local inflammation in response to ovarian hormones, resulting in fibrosis, pelvic adhesions, chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and subfertility or infertility