Punnonen R

Of 903 surgically treated patients with endometriosis the disease recurred in 132 cases (14.6%) during the follow-up period of 6-10 years. The re-operation was performed within 1 year after the primary operation for 7 patients, within 1-5 y…

ObjectiveThe levels of interleukin-2, interleukin-4, interleukin-5, interleukin-6, interleukin-10, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor were measured in the peritoneal fluid of 15 patients with endometriosis to characterize …

We analyzed nuclear DNA content and S-phase fraction (SPF) from 157 paraffin-embedded ovarian tumors by flow cytometry and compared the results with the clinicopathological features of the tumors. DNA aneuploidy was more common and mean SPF…

"Compression of the femoral nerve due to endometriosis of the inguinal region." Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 7(1), pp. 70–71

Specific androgen (Kd 0.27 +/- 0.06 nM), estrogen (Kd 0.19 +/- 0.04 nM) and progestin (Kd 0.22 +/- 0.07 nM) binding were investigated in benign gynecologic tumors and tumor-like lesions. The simultaneous presence of androgen and progestin r…

Ten cases of primary adenocarcinoma of the fallopian tube occurring over 23 year period are presented. The mean age of the patients was 61.2 +/- 9.2 years (range 48-77). Eight of the patients were postmenopausal. Abnormal vaginal bleeding w…

Details of medical history, symptomatology, operative findings and certain other special features are reported for patients with external endometriosis treated operatively during the period 1969-76. The incidence of endometriosis in this su…

Twenty five patients were operated on for isthmic tubal occlusion. In 15 cases (60%) the etiology of this lesion was salpingitis isthmica nodosa. Of the other 10 cases, three showed tubal endometriosis and another three isthmic fibrosis. In…

Abstract During the period 1971–1980 a total of 1226 diagnostic laparoscopies were performed at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Turku University Central Hospital. In 591 patients the indication for laparoscopy was chronic pel…

Forty-one cases of ovarian pregnancies diagnosed during 1946 and 1980 were analysed clinically and histologically. All of the pregnancies were terminated during the first trimester. The average duration of amenorrhea was 36.4 +/- 28.6 days;…

During the years 1968--1972, 903 patients with endometriosis were operated on in the Turku University Central Hospital, of whom 136 were found to have adenomyosis (endometriosis interna). The diagnosis of adenomyosis was usually made post-o…

The frequency of postmenopausal endometriosis (ovarian endometriosis and adenomyosis) was 2.2%. The mean of the menopausal ages in 11 patients with ovarian endometriosis was 50.3 yr and the average time elapsed since menopause, 7.3 yr. The …