Are endometrial nerve fibres unique to endometriosis? A prospective case–control study of endometrial biopsy as a diagnostic test for endometriosis in women with pelvic pain

Abstract

Our results demonstrate that fine nerve fibres are present in women with and without endometriosis. Future work should focus on the function of endometrial nerves and whether these nerves are involved with the subfertility or pain that endometriosis sufferers experience. Our study does not support the detection of endometrial nerve fibres as a non-invasive diagnostic test of endometriosis in women with pelvic pain.