Clinical characteristics of perineal endometriosis: A case series

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and clinical manifestations of 14 perineal endometriosis patients

Case No.	Age (yr)	Gravidity and parity	Vaginal delivery (n)	BMI at delivery	The duration of breastfeeding (mo)	Interval between delivery and menstruation (mo)	Latent period (mo)	Pain nodules/menstruation-related
1	29	G1P1	1	23.33	1	2	69	+/+
2	27	G1P1	1	26.57	6	8	29	+/+
3	33	G2P2	2	25.69	8	6	9	+/+
4	30	G1P1	1	23.71	1	2	60	+/+
5	30	G1P1	1	25.31	2	3	19	+/+
6	30	G1P1	1	28.68	6	1	2	+/+
7	33	G1P1	1	26.03	6	8	24	+/+
8	24	G1P1	1	24.54	10	12	51	+/+
9	37	G1P1	1	25.46	8	8	48	+/+
10	27	G1P1	1	26.57	6	6	12	+/+
11	29	G4P2	2	28.78	3	4	10	+/+
12	39	G2P1	1	26.63	16	6.5	42	+/+
13	28	G1P1	1	31.25	9	12	13	+/+
14	32	G1P1	1	24.34	3.5	4.5	36	+/+

BMI: Body mass index; G: Gravidity; P: Parity.

Table 2 Preoperative evaluation, treatment, follow-up and outcome of 14 perineal endometriosis patients

Case No.	Size of lesions (mm)	Involvement of perianal muscles	Preoperative VAS score	Surgery	VAS score at the 3rd month after surgery	Follow-up time (mo)	Follow-up outcome
1	20, 25	Sphincter ani externus	10	c	0	7	Normal
2	20, 35	-	6	a	0	14	Normal
3	10	-	3	a	0	14	Normal
4	30	Levator ani	10	b	4	22	Normal
5	25	-	4	a	0	34	Relapse
6	25	-	7	a	0	35	Normal
7	20, 25	Levator ani	9	b	1	41	Normal
8	20	-	9	a	3	52	Normal
9	30	-	5	a	0	68	Normal
10	15	-	6	a	0	101	Normal
11	30	-	7	a	0	129	Normal
12	5, 5, 10, 20	-	7	a	0	4	Normal
13	30	-	3	a	0	12	Normal
14	40	Levator ani	7	b	0	6	Normal

a: Lesion resection; b: Lesion resection and levator ani muscle repair; c: Extensive perineal endometriosis lesion resection + anal sphincter repair. VAS: Visual analogue scale.