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Endometriosis is characterized by the growth of endometrial tissue, containing both glands and stroma, in an ectopic location, outside the uterine limits. Deep endometriosis is a particular form of endometriosis defined when the endometrial tissue infiltrates more than 5 mm into the anatomical structure, either the peritoneal surface or the viscera.
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Brandão, A., Crispi, C.P., Oliveira, M.A.P. (2018). Introduction. In: Brandão, A., Crispi, C., Oliveira, M. (eds) Atlas of Deep Endometriosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71697-8_1
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