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Peritoneal fluid volume and sex steroids in the preovulatory period in mild endometriosis
Author(s) -
MAHMOOD TAHIR A.,
TEMPLETON ALLAN
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1991.tb13365.x
Subject(s) - danazol , endometriosis , peritoneal fluid , medicine , androstenedione , infertility , luteinizing hormone , menstrual cycle , follicular fluid , hormone , gynecology , endocrinology , oocyte , biology , androgen , pregnancy , embryo , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology
Summary. Twenty infertile women with laparoscopically confirmed mild endometriosis and ten women with tubal infertility underwent diagnostic laparoscopy 32 h after the onset of the endogenous luteinizing hormone (LH) surge during a spontaneous menstrual cycle. All visible peritoneal fluid was aspirated for assessment of volume and sex steroid content. There was no significant difference in peritoneal fluid volume or concentrations of oestradiol, progesterone and androstenedione between the two groups. Furthermore in the endometriosis group there was no significant difference in peritoneal fluid volume and concentrations of sex steroids between those women who had been treated previously with danazol and those who were left untreated.