Endometriose: modelo experimental em ratas

• Autor(a) principal: Schor, Eduardo [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 1999
• Outros Autores: Freitas, Vilmon de [UNIFESP], Soares Júnior, José Maria [UNIFESP], Simões, Manuel de Jesus [UNIFESP], Baracat, Edmund Chada [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-72031999000500006; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/796
• topic: Endometriosis; Female rats; Experimental model; Endometriose; Modelo experimental; Endométrio

Purpose: to demonstrate the experimental endometriosis induction in animals. Method: we used adult female Wistar rats weighing 200 - 250 g anesthetized with ethyl ether to open the abdominal cavity. After identifying the uterine horns, we removed an approximately 4 cm fragment from the right uterine horn. This fragment was placed in physiological saline and, with the aid of a stereoscopic magnifying glass, the endometrium was separated from the myometrium and cut into rectangles of approximately 4 x 5 mm. These rectangles were fastened to the lateral abdominal wall near great blood vessels, taking care that the free portion of the endometrium was directed towards the lumen of the abdominal cavity. After 21 days the animals were again operated to observe the size of the implants and to remove the ectopic endometrium for microscopic analysis. Results: we macroscopically observed a significant growth of the endometrial implants. Microscopic examination showed presence of glandular epithelium and stroma similar to topic epithelium. Conclusion: this model reproduces endometriosis in the female rat allowing a better study of this pathology, mainly the action of drugs on these implants.