Endometriosis is a disease in which tissue similar to the endometrium, the lining of the uterus, grows elsewhere in the body. The tissue most often grows close to the uterus, such as on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, or the lining of the pelvis.
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ICD-10 ChapterXIV: Diseases of the Genitourinary System 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Condition Class First DescribedThe article hedges this attribution ("some attribute"); recorded here as the earliest dated first-description claim the article itself makes, with the hedge preserved in this note. Endometriosis
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Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endometriosis, lead sectionQuote, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endometriosis, lead section
sease in which tissue similar to the endometrium-the lining of the uterus (womb), grows elsewhere in the body. The tissue most often grows close to the uterus, such as on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, or the lining of the pelvis. It can also appear on the bowel
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Diseases of the genitourinary system
3. Endometriosis (Wikipedia)
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Endometriosis is a disease in which tissue similar to the endometrium, the lining of the uterus (womb), grows elsewhere in the body.
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Wikipedia: Endometriosis, History section
Some attribute the first description to Carl von Rokitansky in 1860, who found endometrial glands in tissues using a microscope.
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