| Summary: | Objetive: Thrombospondin-1 serum levels is correlate with pelvic pain in patients with ovarian
endometriosis.
Patients: Thrombospondin-1 serum levels were prospectively analysed in 51 patients (group A
asymptomatic patients or patients presenting mild dysmenorrhea and women comprised 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 among thrombospondin-1
serum levels and pelvic pain.
Results: From 56 patients, five cases were ultimateley excluded, because the histological diagnosis
was other than cystic ovarian endometriosis (2 teratomas and 3 haemorragic cysts). The mean
thrombospondin-1 serum levels in group A was 256,69 pg/ml_+37,07 and in group B was 291,41
pg/ml + 35,59.
Conclusion: Pain symptoms in ovarian endometriosis is not correlated with thrombospondin-1
serum levels.
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