Clinical practice. Endometriosis

N Engl J Med. 2010 Jun 24;362(25):2389-98. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp1000274.

Abstract

A healthy 25-year-old woman presents with worsening dysmenorrhea, pain of recent onset in the left lower quadrant, and dyspareunia. She has regular menstrual cycles, and her last menstrual period was 3 weeks before presentation. How should this patient be evaluated and treated?

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Dysmenorrhea / etiology
  • Dyspareunia / etiology
  • Endometriosis* / diagnosis
  • Endometriosis* / drug therapy
  • Endometriosis* / physiopathology
  • Endometriosis* / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infertility, Female / etiology
  • Pelvic Pain / etiology