Endometriosis in a Postmenopausal Woman on Hormonal Replacement Therapy

Endometriosis is a benign disease and an estrogen-dependent disease. Postmenopausal endometriosis is rare, because the absence of estrogenic hormone production. We report a case of endometriosis presenting in a postmenopausal woman with no history of endometriosis before hormone replacement therapy.

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Autores principales: Jeon, Dong-Su, Kim, Tae-Hee, Lee, Hae-Hyeog, Byun, Dong Won
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Menopause 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4217556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25371883
http://dx.doi.org/10.6118/jmm.2013.19.3.151
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spelling pubmed-42175562014-11-04 Endometriosis in a Postmenopausal Woman on Hormonal Replacement Therapy Jeon, Dong-Su Kim, Tae-Hee Lee, Hae-Hyeog Byun, Dong Won J Menopausal Med Case Report Endometriosis is a benign disease and an estrogen-dependent disease. Postmenopausal endometriosis is rare, because the absence of estrogenic hormone production. We report a case of endometriosis presenting in a postmenopausal woman with no history of endometriosis before hormone replacement therapy. The Korean Society of Menopause 2013-12 2013-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4217556/ /pubmed/25371883 http://dx.doi.org/10.6118/jmm.2013.19.3.151 Text en Copyright © 2013 by The Korean Society of Menopause http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/).
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Endometriosis in a Postmenopausal Woman on Hormonal Replacement Therapy
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title_short Endometriosis in a Postmenopausal Woman on Hormonal Replacement Therapy
title_sort endometriosis in a postmenopausal woman on hormonal replacement therapy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4217556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25371883
http://dx.doi.org/10.6118/jmm.2013.19.3.151
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