TY - JOUR
T1 - Routine clinical examination is not sufficient for diagnosing and locating deeply infiltrating endometriosis
AU - Chapron, Charles
AU - Dubuisson, Jean Bernard
AU - Pansini, Valeiria
AU - Vieira, Marco
AU - Fauconnier, Arnaud
AU - Barakat, Habib
AU - Dousset, Bertrand
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Study Objective. To determine whether routine clinical examination is sufficient for the diagnosis and establishing the location of deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). Design. Retrospective analysis (Canadian Task Force classification 11-2). Setting. University-affiliated hospital. Patients. One hundred sixty women with histologically proved deeply infiltrating endometriosis. Measurements and Main Results. Speculum examination allowed endometriotic lesions to be viewed in only 14.4% (23) of patients, and a classic, painful, spheric nodule was palpated in only 43.1% (69). Results of routine clinical examination varied significantly with location of DIE. Whereas a nodule was found in 80.0% (24) of patients with vaginal endometriosis, this rate dropped to only 35.3% (6) and 33.3% (34) in those with DIE of the digestive tract and uterosacral ligaments, respectively (p
AB - Study Objective. To determine whether routine clinical examination is sufficient for the diagnosis and establishing the location of deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). Design. Retrospective analysis (Canadian Task Force classification 11-2). Setting. University-affiliated hospital. Patients. One hundred sixty women with histologically proved deeply infiltrating endometriosis. Measurements and Main Results. Speculum examination allowed endometriotic lesions to be viewed in only 14.4% (23) of patients, and a classic, painful, spheric nodule was palpated in only 43.1% (69). Results of routine clinical examination varied significantly with location of DIE. Whereas a nodule was found in 80.0% (24) of patients with vaginal endometriosis, this rate dropped to only 35.3% (6) and 33.3% (34) in those with DIE of the digestive tract and uterosacral ligaments, respectively (p
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U2 - 10.1016/S1074-3804(05)60117-X
DO - 10.1016/S1074-3804(05)60117-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 11960033
AN - SCOPUS:0036241894
VL - 9
SP - 115
EP - 119
JO - Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
JF - Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
SN - 1074-3804
IS - 2
ER -