Clinical picture and diagnosis of genital endometriosis

Abstract

Endometriosis is a widespread gynecological disease which affects every tenth woman of reproductive age. The main symptoms of disease are chronic pelvic pain, sterility and miscarriage, that leads to a reliable decline in quality of life and working capacity, mental disorders. Timely and complete diagnostics of endometriosis allows choosing the best option of treatment and minimizes the costs of treatment. This article describes in detail the existing methods of diagnosis of endometriosis. Modern literature and the results of own studies are summarized in the text.