Annie Cortez

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus · active 2003-2015

Study types

  • article 9
  • letter 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 10
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
  • dyspareunia 1
letter 2015
The groin: an unusual location of endometriosis—a multi-institutional clinicopathological study
Journal of clinical pathology ·doi:10.1136/jclinpath-2014-202812

Inguinal endometriosis (IE) secondary to involvement of the extraperitoneal portion of the round ligament is a rare condition, occurring in <1% of patients with endometriosis. It is often confused with other inguinal pathology and mostly di…

article 2014
Spontaneous hymeneal endometriosis: a rare cause of dyspareunia
BMJ case reports ·doi:10.1136/bcr-2013-202299

Vulvar endometriosis can occur after surgery or trauma and cause dyspareunia. A 30-year-old woman presented with orificial dyspareunia lasting for 5 months. Her history was marked by a vaginal birth without perineal injury and the removal o…

article 2007
Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging and rectal endoscopic sonography for the prediction of location of deep pelvic endometriosis
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dem008

BACKGROUND: We compared the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and rectal endoscopic sonography (RES) for the diagnosis of deep pelvic endometriosis (DPE), with respect to surgical and histological findings. METHODS: Longitudinal …

article 2005
Endometrium from women with and without endometriosis, and peritoneal, ovarian and bowel endometriosis, show different c-kit protein expression
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2004.09.002
article 2005
Expression of apoptosis-related proteins in peritoneal, ovarian and colorectal endometriosis
Journal of reproductive immunology ·doi:10.1016/j.jri.2005.11.003
article 2005
Feasibility and clinical outcome of laparoscopic colorectal resection for endometriosis
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2004.08.033
article 2004
Deep Pelvic Endometriosis: MR Imaging for Diagnosis and Prediction of Extension of Disease
Radiology ·doi:10.1148/radiol.2322030762

PURPOSE: To prospectively evaluate the accuracy of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for the preoperative diagnosis of deep pelvic endometriosis and extension of the disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred ninety-five patients (mean age, …

article 2004
Eutopic endometrium and peritoneal, ovarian and bowel endometriotic tissues express a different profile of matrix metalloproteinases-2, -3 and -11, and of tissue inhibitor metalloproteinases-1 and -2
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology ·doi:10.1007/s00428-004-1117-y
article 2004
Symptoms before and after surgical removal of colorectal endometriosis that are assessed by magnetic resonance imaging and rectal endoscopic sonography
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2003.12.004
article 2003
Transvaginal sonography and rectal endoscopic sonography for the assessment of pelvic endometriosis: a preliminary comparison
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/deg314

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis and possible rectal involvement are difficult to assess by physical examination. Previous studies have shown the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance imaging and rectal endoscopic sonography (RES) in this setting…