Endometriosis
Introduction
This section covers topics from
Recognition of Endometriosis,
the
Color
Atlas of Endometriosis and
from more recent publications. A list of Dr. Martin's other
endometriosis publications is in the
publications
section. Additional
random pictures of endometriosis are at
MemFert.com.
The slides and pictures of endometriosis from the series of slides sets from
1988 to 1991 are now at
www.MemFert.com. The pages are:
Laparoscopic
Appearance of Endometriosis - 1988 Slide Set
Laparoscopic Appearance of Endometriosis - 1990 Color Atlas
Laparoscopic Appearance of Endometriosis - 1991 Lecture Supplement
Retrocervical and Rectovaginal Endometriosis
The
abstract of the 2001 paper is at
Recto-Vaginal
Pouch Endometriosis.
The 2004 presentation from
the 25th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Endometriosis is at:
http://www.danmartinmd.com/osaka.htm.
The 2004 AAGL posters are at:
http://www.danmartinmd.com/aagl2004.htm
The 2005 9th World Congress Posters and links
are at:
http://www.danmartinmd.com/endo9-2005.htm
Links to Presentations
Links to
presentations are available at
Medical Meetings.
Nailing Jello to a tree
Endometriosis is a
difficult disease to live with and to understand. Donna Vogel of the
National Institute of Health has said that "Studying endometriosis is like
nailing Jello to a tree." This is the way it often seems.
History
Endometriosis
was described more than 100 years ago and microscopic ovarian endometriosis was
recognized by 1899.
Lockyer published the first classification in 1918.
Sampson (Color
Atlas) published a extensive series of articles on endometriosis from
1921 to 1940. He described chocolate cysts, blebs, adenomyomatous infiltration
in the rectovaginal septum, adherent surfaces, red raspberries, purple
raspberries, blueberries, deep infiltration, cancer arising in endometriotic
implants and peritoneal pockets. Sampson originally used earlier theories
on the metaplastic origin of endometriosis, but subsequently he postulated
retrograde menstruation was the origin of endometriosis.
Colorless,
amenorrheic lesions were seen by Fallon in 1950. Karnaky published an age
dependent appearance of endometriosis starting with an initial water blister
presentation in 1969.
Semm noted subtle clear lesions detected using meticulous search with
magnification and discussed invisible lesions noted only after coagulation in
1987.
e-
Endometriosis.org
is the global platform for news in endometriosis and facilitates collaboration
and information sharing between national support groups across the world.
Dr. Dan Martin was trained
in Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology and Reproductive Surgery in the Division of Reproductive
Endocrinology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. His practice and
research has focused on endometriosis, infertility, microsurgical tubal
reversal and
anastomosis
techniques.
Dr.
Martin's office
for infertility, fertility preservation,
reproductive surgery,
reproductive endocrinology and
gynecology is located in
Memphis
at 7945 Wolf River Boulevard, Suite 320, Germantown, TN 38138. Eastern Tennessee
is convenient to Arkansas (AR), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), western
Kentucky (KY), and southern Illinois (IL).
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