| Autor: |
Thais Fontes de Magalhães, Kathiane Lustosa Augusto, Livia Ponte Mota, Arthur Ribeiro da Costa, Rainardo Antonio Puster, Leonardo Robson Pinheiro Sobreira Bezerra |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
|
| Zdroj: |
Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, Vol 40, Iss 3, Pp 147-155 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0100-7203 |
| DOI: |
10.1055/s-0038-1626700 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Endometriosis can have several different presentations, including overt ascites and peritonitis; increased awareness can improve diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes. We aimto provide a systematic review and report a case of endometriosis with this unusual clinical presentation. The PubMed/MEDLINE database was systematically reviewed until October 2016. Women with histologically-proven endometriosis presenting with clinically significant ascites and/or frozen abdomen and/or encapsulating peritonitis were included; thosewith potentially confounding conditionswere excluded.Our search yielded 37 articles describing 42 women, all of reproductive age. Ascites was mostly hemorrhagic, recurrent and not predicted by cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) levels. In turn, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia and infertility were not consistently reported. The treatment choices and outcomes were different across the studies, and are described in detail. Endometriosis should be a differential diagnosis of massive hemorrhagic ascites in women of reproductive age. |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
