Interleukin-8 serum levels do not correlate with pelvic pain in patients with ovarian endometriomas  

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Manero, Manuel Garcia ; Alcazar, Juan Luis

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Fertility and Sterility (keterangan: ada di ClinicalKey) vol. 94 no. 02 (Jul. 2010), page 450-452.
Topik: IL-8; ovarian endometriosis; pelvic pain

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: F02.K.2010.04 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Objective To determine whether interleukin-8 (IL-8) serum levels are correlated with pelvic pain in patients with ovarian endometriomas. Design Prospective study. Setting Tertiary-care university hospital. Patient(s) Interleukin-8 serum levels were prospectively analyzed in 51 patients (group A, asymptomatic patients or patients with mild dysmenorrhea; group B, severe dysmenorrhea and/or chronic pelvic pain and/or dyspareunia) who underwent surgery for cystic ovarian endometriosis to asses whether a correlation exists between IL-8 serum levels and pelvic pain. Intervention(s) Interleukin-8 serum levels determination. Main Outcome Measure(s) Interleukin-8 serum levels and pelvic pain. Result(s) From 56 patients, five cases were ultimateley excluded because the histologic diagnosis was not cystic ovarian endometriosis (2 teratomas and 3 haemorragic cysts). The mean (±SD) IL-8 serum levels in group A were 6.41 ± 12.17 pg/mL and in group B were 6.52 ± 8.73 pg/mL. Conclusion(s) Pain symptoms in ovarian endometriosis is not correlated with IL-8 serum levels.

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