[Endometriosis--is it treatable?]

Abstract

Its etiology remains uncertain, its pathogenesis disputed and its treatment poor. Most medical treatment is based on ovulation suppression and inducing amenorrhoea. New findings on the genetics, the possible roles of the environment and the immune system, intrinsic abnormalities in the endometrium and secreted products of endometriotic lesions have given explanation into the pathogenesis of this disorder and give us new trends for treatment the disease.