2003
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(02)02446-8
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Left lateral predisposition of endometriosis and endometrioma

Abstract: To evaluate lateral distribution of endometriosis and ovarian endometrioma in women with endometriosis. We evaluated operative reports of women who underwent laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis (n = 330) and ovarian endometrioma (n = 185) from January 1996 to January 2002. Data on all operative findings consisted of a written report, a diagram, the revised American Fertility Society classification of endometriosis, and a printout of the dictated report. Endometriotic implants were confined to one side of t… Show more

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“…On the other hand, our results showing the left lateral predisposition of ovarian endometriotic cyst are in agreement with previous reports [8][9][10]. However, these studies did not investigate whether endometrioma side is related with endometriosis severity.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
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“…On the other hand, our results showing the left lateral predisposition of ovarian endometriotic cyst are in agreement with previous reports [8][9][10]. However, these studies did not investigate whether endometrioma side is related with endometriosis severity.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…Several previous studies revealed that endometriosis and endometrioma mostly aVect left lateral side of the pelvis [8][9][10]. The objective of this study is to investigate that endometrioma is an asymmetric disease with left lateral predisposition as compared to other benign ovarian cyst and also whether endometrioma side is related with endometriosis severity.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Indeed, we found a significantly higher difference between right and left antral follicle count in women with endometriosis compared to those without endometriosis. Due to the small number of women with endometriosis, we could not duplicate our previous findings of left lateralization of endometriosis [5]. …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…Indeed, endometriosis implants as well as endometriomas are more commonly found in the left hemipelvis than the right hemipelvis. This could be related to decreased fluid movement on the left side of the pelvis because of the presence of the sigmoid colon [5]. A few studies have shown that women with endometriosis have decreased ovarian reserve, decreased AFC and decreased ovarian response to gonadotropin [8,9,10].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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