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==Gross== | ==Gross== | ||
Appearance: | |||
*''Chocolate cyst'' = cyst containing light brown material. | *''Chocolate cyst'' = cyst containing light brown material. | ||
Classic locations: | |||
*Ovary - most common location according to Jenkins ''et al''.<ref name=pmid3945444>{{Cite journal | last1 = Jenkins | first1 = S. | last2 = Olive | first2 = DL. | last3 = Haney | first3 = AF. | title = Endometriosis: pathogenetic implications of the anatomic distribution. | journal = Obstet Gynecol | volume = 67 | issue = 3 | pages = 335-8 | month = Mar | year = 1986 | doi = | PMID = 3945444 }}</ref> | |||
*Utero-sacral ligament.<ref name=pmid17662280>{{Cite journal | last1 = Stegmann | first1 = BJ. | last2 = Sinaii | first2 = N. | last3 = Liu | first3 = S. | last4 = Segars | first4 = J. | last5 = Merino | first5 = M. | last6 = Nieman | first6 = LK. | last7 = Stratton | first7 = P. | title = Using location, color, size, and depth to characterize and identify endometriosis lesions in a cohort of 133 women. | journal = Fertil Steril | volume = 89 | issue = 6 | pages = 1632-6 | month = Jun | year = 2008 | doi = 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.042 | PMID = 17662280 }}</ref> | |||
*Cul-de-sac.<ref name=pmid17662280/> | |||
*Broad ligament. | |||
Note: | |||
*The hierarchy of the most common sites, i.e. what is most common and what is the second most common, depends on the paper one reads, e.g. compare Jenkins ''et al''<ref name=pmid3945444/> with Stegmann ''et al''.<ref name=pmid17662280/> | |||
*Endometriosis can appear almost any where. | |||
**A well-reported uncommon location is the abdominal wall post-caesarian section.<ref name=pmid22381104>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ozel | first1 = L. | last2 = Sagiroglu | first2 = J. | last3 = Unal | first3 = A. | last4 = Unal | first4 = E. | last5 = Gunes | first5 = P. | last6 = Baskent | first6 = E. | last7 = Aka | first7 = N. | last8 = Titiz | first8 = MI. | last9 = Tufekci | first9 = EC. | title = Abdominal wall endometriosis in the cesarean section surgical scar: a potential diagnostic pitfall. | journal = J Obstet Gynaecol Res | volume = 38 | issue = 3 | pages = 526-30 | month = Mar | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2011.01739.x | PMID = 22381104 }}</ref> | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||