To evaluate the sacral nerve root features by the means of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Diffusion Tensor Imaging (MRI-DTI) tractography in women with endometriosis and /or adenomyosis and to analyze the correlation between DTI abnormalities, pain symptoms, and endometriotic lesions found at surgery.
Endometriosis is a widespread multifactorial disease in which environmental, genetic, and epigenetic factors contribute to the phenotype. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes implicated in pivotal molecular mechanisms have been investigated as susceptible risk factors in distinct populations. Among these, Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) represents a good candidate due to its role in the immune/inflammatory response and endometriosis pathogenesis.
Endometriosis may compromise the physiological course of pregnancy. The aim of this prospective observational study was to evaluate whether endometriosis causes a higher prevalence of obstetric and neonatal complications as well as a higher risk of caesarean section and to detect a possible correlation between the presence, type, and location of endometriosis and obstetric complications, previous surgery, and pregnancy outcome, as well as the influence of pregnancy on the course of the disease. We compared two cohorts of women with spontaneous pregnancy, with and without endometriosis.
The immune system seems to be involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Peritoneal chronic inflammation is present and natural killer cells and macrophages abnormalities have been reported in women with the disease. Moreover, a higher production of serum autoantibodies has been found, which could be related to various factors; some still need to be clarified. The correlation between endometriosis and autoimmune diseases is still unclear with few and conflicting available data.
Endometriosis, in spite of decades of research on the topic, remains a mysterious and elusive disease. Both in the fields of diagnosis and treatment, many issues remain unresolved, and the scientific community strives in trying to find universal criteria for diagnosis, and algorithms of treatment that may be universally applied. Recently, there has been a shift away from the view of the need of invasive diagnosis and therapy with the universal use of laparoscopy.
Aim. To demonstrate clinical effectiveness of micronized palmitoylethanolamide-transpolydatin
combination in reducing endometriotic chronic pelvic pain. Other endometriotic-
pains were also assessed.
Methods. Systematic reviews of PubMed, SCIELO, Scopus, and AJOL. Randomized
trials and observational studies reporting a visual analogue scale for pain or similar in
endometriotic patients were reviewed. A mean improvement of visual analogue scale (or
visual analogue scale-like) scores at enrollment and at a three-month follow-up was assessed
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