D'Hooghe TM, Bambra CS, De Jonge I, Machai PN, Korir R, Koninckx PR. A serial section study of visually normal posterior pelvic peritoneum from baboons (Papio cynocephalus, Papio anubis) with and without spontaneous minimal endometriosis.
Fertil Steril 1995;
63:1322-5. [PMID:
7750607 DOI:
10.1016/s0015-0282(16)57618-3]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
To determine if microscopic endometriosis exists in visually normal pelvic peritoneum from baboons with and without endometriosis.
DESIGN
Observational histologic study at Institute of Primate Research, Nairobi, Kenya.
SUBJECTS
Seventeen baboons including 13 adult females (5 with histologically proven endometriosis, 8 with a normal pelvis) and 4 juveniles (1 female and 3 males).
INTERVENTIONS
Diagnostic laparoscopy with identification of visually normal pelvic peritoneum before euthanasia, followed by laparotomy with excision of a large area (at least 4 x 6 cm or 24 cm2 per animal, 408 cm2 surface in all baboons) of this visually normal-appearing peritoneum.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE
Presence of microscopic endometriosis (endometrial glands and stroma) in serial sections of visually normal pelvic peritoneum.
RESULTS
Two adjacent glandular structures compatible with endometriosis were found in normal peritoneum obtained during menses from one female baboon without macroscopic disease. Microscopic endometriosis was not detected in the other female primates with or without macroscopic disease or in male animals.
CONCLUSION
Microscopic endometriosis was found in only 1 of 14 female baboons (prevalence 7%; 95% confidence interval 0% to 33%) with visually normal pelvic peritoneum. These findings suggest that, with the paucity of human data available, more studies are needed before concluding that massive microscopic disease exists in visually normal-appearing peritoneum of women.
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