• Minerva medica · Feb 2020

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    How can we manage patients over forty with endometriosis?

    • Engin Oral and Umit Inceboz.
    • Private practitioner, Istanbul, Turkey - drenginoral@gmail.com.
    • Minerva Med. 2020 Feb 1; 111 (1): 62-67.

    AbstractPeri/postmenopausal endometriosis is not as rare as once we thought. Accumulated data revealed that around 1/3-1/4 of women with surgically-diagnosed endometriosis after the age of 40. The uneasiness of the issue of malignant transformation or malignancy in such women created a challenge for us. Here the management strategy for women with endometriosis after the age of 40 is discussed in the light of scientific evidence.

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