Endometriosis diagnosis and medical treatment: Present and future

Abstract

The objective was to review the different diagnostic methods and medical treatments for endometriosis. It was reviewed the Latin-American and international bibliography using the Pub-Med, Google Scholar, Springer, the Cochrane Library, Embase, Scielo, Imbiomed-L, Redalyc, and Latindex websites. The searches included the keywords: endometriosis, endometriotic, endometrial and ectopic endometrium, angiogenesis, angiogenesis and endometriosis, endometriosis, and medical treatment, endometriosis, and new treatment.