How can we manage patients over forty with endometriosis?

ABSTRACT

Peri/postmenopausal endometriosis is not as rare as once we thought. Accumulated data revealed that around 1/3-1/4 of women with surgically-diagnosed endometriosis after the age of 40. The uneasiness of the issue of malignant transformation or malignancy in such women created a challenge for us. Here the management strategy for women with endometriosis after the age of 40 is discussed in the light of scientific evidence.