Hh. Riedel et C. Emmert, THE IMPACT OF PELVISCOPY FOR GYNECOLOGICAL-SURGICAL DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS BETWEEN ENDOMETRIOSIS AND CHRONIC APPENDICITIS, Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie, 123, 1998, pp. 50-52
Endometriosis associated with chronic pelvic pain is one of the most i
ndications for gynecological pelviscopy. The differential diagnosis of
chronic appendicitis is difficult to the similar symptoms, chronic co
urse of both diseases and the increase of an earlier diagnosis of endo
metriosis concerning the age of women. The meticulous inspection of th
e whole abdominal cavity is necessary to exclude not only surgical dis
eases but for evaluation of endometriotic lesions in the area of genit
al and extragenital organs. Planning of hormone therapy and second-loo
k pelviscopy should be performed by gynecologists.