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'''Endometriosis''' causes significant morbidity and is associated with increased risk of certain malignancies. | '''Endometriosis''' causes significant morbidity and is associated with increased risk of certain [[cancer|malignancies]]. | ||
== | ==General== | ||
Clinical: | |||
*A cause of infertility. | *A cause of infertility. | ||
*A cause of pelvic pain. | *A cause of pelvic pain. | ||
*Affects approximately 10% of women of child bearing age. | *Affects approximately 10% of women of child bearing age. | ||
*Associated with moderate elevation of (serum) CA-125. | *Associated with moderate elevation of (serum) CA-125. | ||
Rare stuff: | |||
*There case reports of endometriosis in men on estrogen therapy for prostate cancer.<ref name=pmid22104297>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fukunaga | first1 = M. | title = Paratesticular endometriosis in a man with a prolonged hormonal therapy for prostatic carcinoma. | journal = Pathol Res Pract | volume = 208 | issue = 1 | pages = 59-61 | month = Jan | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1016/j.prp.2011.10.007 | PMID = 22104297 }}</ref><ref name=pmid2418693>{{Cite journal | last1 = Beckman | first1 = EN. | last2 = Pintado | first2 = SO. | last3 = Leonard | first3 = GL. | last4 = Sternberg | first4 = WH. | title = Endometriosis of the prostate. | journal = Am J Surg Pathol | volume = 9 | issue = 5 | pages = 374-9 | month = May | year = 1985 | doi = | PMID = 2418693 }}</ref> | |||
==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||