Biomedical Letters

Endometriosis in Adolescents that Deserve Attention, not just Compassion: A Review Article

Anil Kumar Pandit, Cai Yunlang*, Ding Bo

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, South East University affiliated Zhongda Hospital, No. 87 Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing 21009, Jiangsu Province, P. R. China.

Abstract

Today endometriosis is not an uncommon gynecological disease. Endometriosis can be known by the existence of endometrial gland and stroma tissue anywhere external from the uterus. Some of its characteristic features are inflammation, chronicity, and hormone (estrogen) dependency. It is the cause of pelvic pain and infertility in about 10% of common people. It is found usually adhered to the pelvic peritoneum. The onset of pain can take place even prior to the immense of the menstruation which is the most often encountered symptom by adolescents although multiple symptoms experienced by the individual at a same or different interval. Laparoscopy is used for diagnosis of endometriosis which is invading procedure and economically costly so, it might be the reason for the delay in diagnosis. Until when destructive lesions may complicate the reproductive organs in a female and further compromise the fertility of the patient. Adolescents’ endometriosis may differ from that of an adult female in terms of presentations and anatomical features of the lesions itself. Multiple reasons contribute to this undeniable difficulty in the diagnosis and underestimation of the problem and what appears may just be the tip of an iceberg. In this review, we have tried to understand the disease in this specific population comparing different studies both old and new.

Keywords: Endometriosis, adolescents, pathogenesis, adult, laparoscopy.

Received January 21, 2017 Revised March 03, 2017 Accepted February 21, 2017

*Correspondence: Cai Yunlang Email ylseu63@163.com Contact: +8613305165866