Conditions

Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a female disease in which the tissues of menstruation causing inflammation are found elsewhere in the body outside the uterus. It is associated with monthly menstrual cycles and is characterized…

Thoracic Endometriosis Syndrome & Endometriosis of the Diaphragm, Thoracic Endometriosis

Overview Thoracic endometriosis is probably one of the most challenging forms of endometriosis in the extrapelvic location. It can be recognized on the dome of the diaphragm, the lung parenchyma (portion…

Adenomyosis Definition, Classification, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosing and Treatments

OVERVIEW What is Adenomyosis? Adenomyosis is endometriosis strictly in the uterus. It causes the endometrial tissue of the uterus endometrial cavity to grow into the uterus muscle damaging the uterine…

Fibroids Definition, Classification, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatments

OVERVIEW What are Fibroids? Fibroids are benign tumors (non-cancerous) that grow from muscle layers of the uterus. They can grow on the outside, inside or within the smooth muscle of the uterine wall.…

Pelvic Pain Definition, Classification, Causes, Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Treatments

OVERVIEW What is Pelvic Pain? Pelvic pain is pain that originates from the layer of tissue covering organs and their connecting structures in the pelvis, mainly the peritoneum: the membrane lining the…

Frozen Pelvis in Advanced Endometriosis

Overview What is Frozen Pelvis? Frozen Pelvis is the most extensive form of advanced endometriosis, encompassing the most ultimate forms of deeply infiltrative endometriosis (DIE). This aggressive disease…

Infertility Definition, Causes, Risk Factors, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatments

OVERVIEW What is Infertility? Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive a child. Patients struggling with infertility will be unable to get pregnant, even after having carefully timed unprotected…

Arcuate Uterus associated with Endometriosis Pain and Infertility

Overview Uterine anomalies play an understated role in the common perception of endometriosis. While they often have been associated with infertility cases, they also can have an effect in the development…

Ovarian Cyst Removal Procedure

Overview It is important to know that in every menstrual cycle the ovaries go through cystic changes. As menstruation progresses in the ovaries, a signal to the brain causes a series of eggs to be selected…

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Infertility - Endometriosis is closely linked to infertility. Nearly half of all patients with Endometriosis may experience infertility. Alterations in prostaglandin secretion (a hormone-like enzyme…