Abstract
Visual identification of endometriosis is important, identification of very subtle manifestations of disease has recently received increased attention. Colorless and other subtle manifestations of peritoneal disease can be seen more easily by painting the peritoneal surface with bloody peritoneal fluid.
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'Invisible' microscopic endometriosis: a review
Redwine DB, 2003 · Gynecologic and obstetric investigation
Endometriosis can have very subtle visual appearances. All theories of origin imply some early and presumably tiny form of the disease which potentially cannot be detected by the unaided human eye. A review of the literature indicates that with increasing magnification at surgery, virtually all endometriosis can be visualized. Invisible microscopic endometriosis is an unproven entity which retards intellectual progress in the study of this disease.
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Redwine DB, 1990 · Progress in clinical and biological research
A serial section study of visually normal pelvic peritoneum in patients with endometriosis
Redwine DB et al., 1990 · Fertility and sterility
Defined criteria were used to select small samples of visually normal study peritoneum for serial section light microscopy in 45 patients with biopsy-proven endometriosis and 10 patients without endometriosis. A glandular element compatible with possible endometriosis was found in only 1 patient. Visually normal peritoneum does not harbor a high prevalence of invisible microscopic endometriosis.
Diagnosis · Staging and Classification
Age-related evolution in color appearance of endometriosis
Redwine DB, 1987 · Fertil Steril
Endometriosis presents a large variety of color manifestations, most nonblack, and many easily missed unless meticulous inspection is used to identify small or nonhemorrhagic lesions. An evolution in appearance with age may occur, with resultant spurious effects on conclusions regarding the natural history of the disease. This study confirms and expands the concept of nonhemorrhagic appearances presented by Jansen and Russell.
PMID 2529769 2529769 DOI 10.1016/0002-9378(89)90737-0 10.1016/0002-9378(89)90737-0 Redwine et al. 1989, Redwine 1989