Modern Ideas of the Pathogenesis of External Genital Endometriosis

There have been summarized modern data of Russian and foreign investigations relating to basic mechanisms of the external genital endometriosis development. It has been demonstrated that the present pathology can be characterized as a chronic multi-factorial progressive recurrent process with the signs of heterotopy autonomic growth and the biological activity imbalance of ectopic endometrium cells, with genetic, immune, angiogenic, autoimmune, enzymatic and endocrine disturbances occurring.

Kachalina T.S., Semerikova M.V., Strongin L.G. Modern Ideas of the Pathogenesis of External Genital Endometriosis. Sovremennye tehnologii v medicine 2011; (1): 117