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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Benign entity that may lead to a misdiagnosis of adenocarcinoma<ref name=pmid19415948>{{cite journal |author=Lin O |title=Challenges in the interpretation of peritoneal cytologic specimens |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=133 |issue=5 |pages=739–42 |year=2009 |month=May |pmid=19415948 |doi= |url=}}</ref> or serous carcinoma. | *Benign entity that may lead to a misdiagnosis of adenocarcinoma<ref name=pmid19415948>{{cite journal |author=Lin O |title=Challenges in the interpretation of peritoneal cytologic specimens |journal=Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. |volume=133 |issue=5 |pages=739–42 |year=2009 |month=May |pmid=19415948 |doi= |url=}}</ref> or serous carcinoma. | ||
* | *The significance of endosalpingiosis is not definitively settled; opinions differ on whether it is: | ||
*# associated with pelvic pain,<ref name=pmid9350013>{{Cite journal | last1 = deHoop | first1 = TA. | last2 = Mira | first2 = J. | last3 = Thomas | first3 = MA. | title = Endosalpingiosis and chronic pelvic pain. | journal = J Reprod Med | volume = 42 | issue = 10 | pages = 613-6 | month = Oct | year = 1997 | doi = | PMID = 9350013 }}</ref> ''or'', | |||
# an incidental finding discovered in the course of investigating something else (pelvic pain, menstrual irregularities, infertility).<ref name=pmid12039470>{{Cite journal | last1 = Heinig | first1 = J. | last2 = Gottschalk | first2 = I. | last3 = Cirkel | first3 = U. | last4 = Diallo | first4 = R. | title = Endosalpingiosis-an underestimated cause of chronic pelvic pain or an accidental finding? A retrospective study of 16 cases. | journal = Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol | volume = 103 | issue = 1 | pages = 75-8 | month = Jun | year = 2002 | doi = | PMID = 12039470 }}</ref> | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||