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A 10-Year Journey to Diagnosis With Endometriosis: An Autobiographical Case Report
Endometriosis is a multifocal, chronic disease defined by extrauterine endometrial glands and stroma. This case report describes the author’s experience of living with stage IV endometriosis, including a 10-year diagnostic delay, the impact on daily life, management, and treatment. The diagnostic de...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8849430/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35186587 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21329 |
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| author | Frankel, Lexi R |
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| description | Endometriosis is a multifocal, chronic disease defined by extrauterine endometrial glands and stroma. This case report describes the author’s experience of living with stage IV endometriosis, including a 10-year diagnostic delay, the impact on daily life, management, and treatment. The diagnostic delay for endometriosis averages between seven to nine years globally, which imparts significant physical, psychological, and financial effects on the lives of patients. |
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| spelling | pubmed-88494302022-02-18 A 10-Year Journey to Diagnosis With Endometriosis: An Autobiographical Case Report Frankel, Lexi R Cureus Family/General Practice Endometriosis is a multifocal, chronic disease defined by extrauterine endometrial glands and stroma. This case report describes the author’s experience of living with stage IV endometriosis, including a 10-year diagnostic delay, the impact on daily life, management, and treatment. The diagnostic delay for endometriosis averages between seven to nine years globally, which imparts significant physical, psychological, and financial effects on the lives of patients. Cureus 2022-01-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8849430/ /pubmed/35186587 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21329 Text en Copyright © 2022, Frankel et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| spellingShingle | Family/General Practice Frankel, Lexi R A 10-Year Journey to Diagnosis With Endometriosis: An Autobiographical Case Report |
| title | A 10-Year Journey to Diagnosis With Endometriosis: An Autobiographical Case Report |
| title_full | A 10-Year Journey to Diagnosis With Endometriosis: An Autobiographical Case Report |
| title_fullStr | A 10-Year Journey to Diagnosis With Endometriosis: An Autobiographical Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | A 10-Year Journey to Diagnosis With Endometriosis: An Autobiographical Case Report |
| title_short | A 10-Year Journey to Diagnosis With Endometriosis: An Autobiographical Case Report |
| title_sort | 10-year journey to diagnosis with endometriosis: an autobiographical case report |
| topic | Family/General Practice |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8849430/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35186587 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21329 |
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