Athens Centre for Endometriosis

Athens Centre for Endometriosis Founded by Dr Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos, our centre is using excision as primary treatment method. Endometriosis specialist centre in Greece.

Thoracic endometriosis, nerve endometriosis, intestinal and urinary endometriosis. Multidisciplinary team.

After years of being told that the pain is “normal”, that heavy periods are “just part of being a woman”, that maybe it’...
25/05/2026

After years of being told that the pain is “normal”, that heavy periods are “just part of being a woman”, that maybe it’s stress, anxiety, IBS, or simply something you have to live with, finally getting a diagnosis can feel overwhelming, validating, frightening, and relieving at the same time.

But diagnosis is only the first step. Then comes the research.
Trying to understand a disease that affects every part of your life, your body, your energy, your work, your relationships, your plans, your fertility, your mental health.

Then comes the search for the right specialists. Because not every doctor truly understands endometriosis. Not every treatment is right for every patient. And not every sufferer has the same symptoms, the same stage, or the same needs.

And somewhere in the middle of all this, patients are expected to make life-changing decisions while already exhausted from years of pain.

Endometriosis is characterised by chronic pelvic pain that can vary in intensity over time.A baseline level of pain is o...
23/05/2026

Endometriosis is characterised by chronic pelvic pain that can vary in intensity over time.

A baseline level of pain is often present, typically described as persistent, low–moderate in severity, and relatively stable in pattern.

Flare-ups are associated with exacerbation of symptoms, including more severe, sharper, or intensified cramping pain, and a greater overall pain burden.

Worded as a benign disease, endometriosis is known to cause, and has been reported to cause, chaos in one’s life and bod...
22/05/2026

Worded as a benign disease, endometriosis is known to cause, and has been reported to cause, chaos in one’s life and body. Organs fused together, tens of implants in the body, some on important organs, extremely painful, and often hidden to the untrained eye.

Parametrial endometriosis is a complex location of deep infiltrating endometriosis that is often associated with advance...
22/05/2026

Parametrial endometriosis is a complex location of deep infiltrating endometriosis that is often associated with advanced disease, significant symptom burden, and challenging surgical management due to its proximity to critical pelvic neurovascular structures.

The parametrium refers to the connective tissue that surrounds the cervix. It is a complex bilateral anatomical region containing pelvic ligaments as well as vascular, lymphatic, and neural structures. Anatomically, it can be described in anterior, lateral, and posterior components. The posterior parametrium is a frequent site of lesion involvement (Ceccaroni et al. 2023).

This form of endometriosis is considered an advanced manifestation of the disease and is often surgically demanding due to the potential involvement of key anatomical structures, nerve fibers, pelvic vessels, and ureter. When localised at the parametrial level, deep infiltrating endometriosis may extrinsically involve the ureter. In some cases, ureteral involvement is extrinsic, and up to approximately one-third of patients may remain asymptomatic or present only with non-specific symptoms (Barra et al. 2024).

Disease extension may also include vascular elements such as the uterine artery and variable venous branches that may course near or over the ureter, the ureter itself, and neural structures including sympathetic fibers via the hypogastric nerve, parasympathetic fibers from the pelvic splanchnic nerves, and the inferior hypogastric plexus (Benoit et al. 2022).

Clinically, parametrial deep infiltrating endometriosis is associated with more severe symptom burden compared with other locations of deep disease. Patients frequently report more intense dysmenorrhea, increased urinary frequency or voiding dysfunction, and constipation. Preoperative findings also demonstrate significantly higher rates of severe dysmenorrhea (p < 0.001), urinary symptoms (p < 0.001), and constipation (p = 0.02) compared with patients with other patterns of deep infiltrating endometriosis (Mabrouk et al. 2019).

From Ireland to Greece "Dinos and Marina are actual saints. I don't think they realise the massive impact they are havin...
21/05/2026

From Ireland to Greece

"Dinos and Marina are actual saints. I don't think they realise the massive impact they are having on women's lives. The moment I woke up from surgery, the pain I've had for 20 years was gone. I feel lighter. I have no pain. I had excision surgery and a hysterectomy, and the amount of physical and emotional healing I received from the very first email was incredible. If you are doubting going to Dinos, don't. He will change your life. These photos are 48hrs post surgery and I haven't looked this relaxed in years".

8–10 years until a diagnosis. It means far more than just numbers...It means years of being told you have nothing. Years...
20/05/2026

8–10 years until a diagnosis. It means far more than just numbers...

It means years of being told you have nothing. Years of suffering. Years of trying to find answers, going from doctor to doctor, test to test, hoping this time someone will finally listen. Years of missing out on life, on moments you can never get back.

It means losing yourself to a crippling pain, one that leaves marks everywhere: on your body, in your soul, in your life, in your bank account, in your intimacy, even in the toilet.

It means forcing yourself to keep going when your body is screaming at you to stop.

Only for the ones who should be helping you to keep saying:
“It’s normal.”

“You don’t look sick.”This is a sentence many people with endometriosis have heard for years.Because endometriosis is of...
19/05/2026

“You don’t look sick.”

This is a sentence many people with endometriosis have heard for years.

Because endometriosis is often invisible.

The pain. The fatigue. The nausea. The appointments.
The exhaustion of trying to function normally while hurting constantly.

Many people are dismissed long before they are diagnosed. Many are told it is “normal.” It isn’t.

Endometriosis can affect every part of someone’s life, physically, mentally, emotionally. And sometimes the most important thing you can do is believe someone when they say they are in pain.

For many, endometriosis is synonymous with painful periods; however, clinically the condition is far more complex and en...
18/05/2026

For many, endometriosis is synonymous with painful periods; however, clinically the condition is far more complex and encompasses a wide range of manifestations depending on the location and depth of lesions.

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition that can affect multiple systems in the body. Lesions may be found on or near the bowel, bladder, pelvic nerves, diaphragm, and surrounding musculoskeletal structures, which helps explain the variability and breadth of symptoms experienced. As a result, clinical presentation can include gastrointestinal symptoms, urinary dysfunction, neuropathic pain patterns, and musculoskeletal involvement in addition to gynaecological symptoms.

Recognising endometriosis as a multi-system condition is essential for understanding its diverse clinical manifestations and the variability seen in practice.

Bowel endometriosis is a form of deep infiltrating endometriosis in which endometrial-like tissue affects the bowel wall...
17/05/2026

Bowel endometriosis is a form of deep infiltrating endometriosis in which endometrial-like tissue affects the bowel wall or surrounding structures within the pelvis. This condition can contribute to cyclical and non-cyclical gastrointestinal and pelvic dysfunction, depending on the depth and extent of involvement.
Clinical presentation can overlap with other gastrointestinal disorders, which can make diagnosis challenging.

📚 Literature Review: Endometriosis of the Forearm – Case ReportA 40-year-old patient presented with an 18-month history ...
16/05/2026

📚 Literature Review: Endometriosis of the Forearm – Case Report

A 40-year-old patient presented with an 18-month history of an intermittently painful mass located in the medial aspect of the right proximal forearm. The lesion became increasingly firm and tender in the days preceding menstruation and during me**es.

Despite advanced imaging investigations including CT and MRI, as well as needle biopsy, a definitive diagnosis could not initially be established. The diagnosis was ultimately confirmed through open biopsy with frozen section analysis, consistent with intramuscular endometriosis.

The patient was first managed with hormonal therapy with no results and later on they opted for surgical excision, with good results at 6 months follow-up. According to the authors, this represents the first documented case in the English literature describing an intramuscular endometriotic lesion located in the forearm.

There’s more to endometriosis than what people see. These are the quiet, everyday realities many patients live with but ...
15/05/2026

There’s more to endometriosis than what people see. These are the quiet, everyday realities many patients live with but rarely say out loud.

✅ I might cancel plans, not because I don’t want to go, but because my body has decided I can’t today.
✅ I’ve learned to smile through pain in public, so people often have no idea what I’m dealing with inside.
✅ When I say I’m in pain, I’ve usually already been in pain for a long time before I mention it.
✅ Some days I feel guilty for resting, even when resting is the only way I can get through it.
✅ I’ve had to miss out on things I really cared about, and I grieve those moments more than I show.
✅ I’m constantly managing my energy like a limited resource most people don’t have to think about.
✅ It’s frustrating when I look ‘fine’ but feel anything but fine.
✅ I’ve learned to plan life around my symptoms instead of my symptoms fitting into my life.
✅ It can feel lonely when people don’t understand why I can’t just ‘push through it’.
✅ What I want most isn’t advice, it’s patience, belief, and not having to explain myself repeatedly.

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