Endometriosis differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aravind Kuchkuntla, M.B.B.S[2]

Differential Diagnosis

Endometriosis is a cause of abnormal uterine bleeding and can result in infertility. There are several diseases which can result in excessive uterine bleeding and the following table is a description of various causes of excessive uterine bleeding.

	Clinical Features	Diagnostic Findings
Endometriosis	dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia  infertility, Peak age 25 to 35 years
Adenomyosis
Endometrial hyperplasia
Cervical polyps and Endometrial polyps
Submucous uterine leiomyomas
Pelvic Inflammatory disease