Diseases

Endometriosis

A condition in which functional endometrial tissue is present outside the UTERUS. It is often confined to the PELVIS involving the OVARY, the ligaments, cul-de-sac, and the uterovesical peritoneum.

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Abstract

A condition in which functional endometrial tissue is present outside the UTERUS. It is often confined to the PELVIS involving the OVARY, the ligaments, cul-de-sac, and the uterovesical peritoneum.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Endometrioses
  • Endometrioma
  • Endometriomas

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

non-neoplastic & nothing to do with "endometrial carcinoma" ( = ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS); coord IM with specific precoord organ/dis term (IM)

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Tree Numbers

  1. C12.050.351.500w.163w
  2. C12.100w.250w.163w

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NLM Classification

WP 390

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Endometriosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004715. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004715
  2. Endometriosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endometriosis
  3. Endometriosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205764