Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1926-1927, May 2009

Menstrual bleeding from an endometriotic lesion

  • Richard O. Burney, M.D., M.Sc.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Richard O. Burney, M.D., M.S.C., Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Drive, HH333, MC:5317, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305 (FAX: 650-498-6175).
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  • Ruth B. Lathi, M.D.

Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California

Received 5 May 2007; received in revised form 28 July 2008; accepted 25 August 2008. published online 20 October 2008.

We present a case in which endometriotic lesions were observed to be focally hemorrhagic at laparoscopy performed during menstruation. Red vesicular lesions likely represent early disease with intact capacity for hormonally induced menstrual bleeding.

Key Words: Endometriosis, laparoscopy, menstruation

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 R.O.B. has nothing to declare. R.B.L. has nothing to declare.

PII: S0015-0282(08)03834-X

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.125

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1926-1927, May 2009

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