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Table 1 Presenting symptoms in teenagers and adolescents with endometriosis

From: Teenagers, adolescents, endometriosis and recurrence: a retrospective analysis of recurrence following primary operative laparoscopy

Symptoms

Total number

Percentagea

Pelvic pain

28/28

100%

 -Cyclical

22/28

78.57%

 -Non-cyclical

6/28

21.42%

Dyspareuniab

17/23

73.39%

Irregular periods

13/28

46.45%

Vaginal discharge

3/28

10.71%

Bowel symptoms

3/28

10.71%

Urinary symptoms

1/28

3.57%

  1. aThe percentages do not add up to 100% because the patients often had more than one symptom
  2. bFive teenagers were not sexually active