Research Article

Ecto-nucleotidases Activities in the Contents of Ovarian Endometriomas: Potential Biomarkers of Endometriosis

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of the two groups of patients and samples.

Age (years)Size (mm)Volume (mL)

Simple cyst () 
 Mean (SD) 39,8 (13,5) 69,54 (14,02)  69,85 (59,36)  
 Range20–6449–9820–248

Endometrioma () 
 Mean (SD) 38,6 (14,1)  73,71 (33,26)  112,50 (111,77)  
 Range28–8442–17020–410

The size represents the largest cystic diameter measured on ultrasound. The volume represents the total aspirated volume of intracystic fluid (SD: standard deviation).