Diagnosing Endometriosis accidentally after keyhole surgery

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Hello,

This is a very random question, but I know the only official diagnosis for endomitrosis would be key hole surgery (can't remember the official name?). But wondering if this would have been spotted when having appendix removed through keyhole surgery?

I'm assuming they would have to look at those part of your body on their journey to appendix? Has anyone been accidentally diagnosed in this way before?

I would imagine it’s possible to notice but far more likely to not notice if they weren’t looking for it.

Do you suspect you have endemetiosis? If so familiarise yourself with adenomyosis too - it’s endo’s ugly sister. Possible to have one without the other or both in various stages.

The whole point about keyhole surgery is that the incisions etc are very localised to the area they are operating on. So unless endo had spread into the precise area they happened to be going into I think it unlikely they would notice anything, to be honest. I also think (though could well be wrong) that when making the incisions they are guided by scans rather than the surgeon's eye, so it is not as if the surgeon is looking through a periscope as it makes its way to the area of operation.

No it’s not. Part of the advantage of doing a laparoscopic (keyhole) appendix for women in particular is that if the appendix looks normal then it’s easy to see the ovaries/uterus/look for other things that may cause abdo/pelvic pain. The general surgeons won’t be expert at spotting endo but generally if they see something that doesn’t look right they’ll give the gynae surgeons a call to have a look-see too.

I remember (it was a long time ago) just before they did the keyhole surgery them getting me to sign a form saying that if they saw anything, I give them permission to do what was needed. I remember the surgeon giving me the example of, in severe cases, removing the stomach which was terrifying. They told me that in whatever scenario, while there, they would remove my appendix. They were not certain it was the appendix. They said after surgery the appendix was acutely normal (removed anyway).

Now years later, I'm realising that passing huge clots is not normal and wondering if it had been endimitrosis if there was a chance of finding it