Subendometrial and intraendometrial blood flow during the menstrual cycle in patients with endometriosis

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2005

Authors

Xavier, P (Author) Other; Beires, J (Author) Other; Barros H (Author) FMUP; Martinez De Oliveira, J (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Fertility and Sterility

Vol. 84

Pages: 52-59

ISSN: 0015-0282

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-000-2JQ

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.01.114

Abstract (EN): Objective: To use power Doppler ultrasound to assess the effect of endometriosis on intraendometrial and subendometrial blood flow during the menstrual cycle. Design: An observational prospective study. Setting: Academic teaching hospital. Patient(s): Thirty patients with histologically confirmed ovarian endometrioma and 15 control women. Intervention (s): Power Doppler ultrasound examination during the menstrual cycle. Main Outcome Measure(s): Intraendometrial and subendometrial color signals assessed by power Doppler ultrasound. Result(s): A statistically significant higher proportion of endometrioma patients presented simultaneous intraendometrial and subendometrial color signals in the late secretory cycle phase compared with controls (40.0% vs. 6.7%). Conclusion(s): The higher endometrial perfusion in patients with ovarian endometrioma that is observed in the late secretory phase of the cycle, close to menstrual shedding, favors the hypothesis that women with endometriosis might have higher endometrial vascular activity, thus facilitating the implantation process of endometrial cells outside the uterus. (c) 2005 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8