ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Endometriosis no ectopic endometrial stroma and glands. Have different risk factors. Four theories explain it: the theory of coelomic metaplasia, embryonic cell debris, deployment and immunological. Clinical data are pain and infertility. For the American Fertility Society (AFS) is divided into minimal, mild, moderate and severe. Diagnostic studies are antigen Ca 125, Magnetic Resonance, and abdominal ultrasound. The ideal method is direct visualization with histological confirmation. The medical and surgical treatment. OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk factors, diagnosis of Endometriosis and effectiveness of treatments used in clinical Endometriosis Gynecology Unit at the General Hospital of Mexico OD. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective duration of 2 years 6 months in 30 patients diagnosed with endometriosis in the clinical treatment of Endometriosis General Hospital of Mexico OD. RESULTS: The most affected age group was 21 to 25 years, the risk factors are Gesta 1, a resident of Mexico, Mullerian malformation. The symptom was dysmenorrhea. In 16 were diagnosed as a surgical finding and laparoscopically diagnosed. CONCLUSIONS: It is important to study the risk factors. The diagnosis is made using clinical data, quantification of CA125 antigen and imaging studies. Medical treatment is indicated both in the preoperative as well as postoperative surgical treatment and seeks to eradicate the lesions.
