K Yamamoto

The expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) were immunohistochemically examined in both pelvic and extrapelvic endometriotic lesions. Different expressions of VEGF and COX-2 were observed in both…

A 13-year-old nulligravida girl, 158.5 cm in height and 76.0 kg in body weight, came to our department complaining of continuous right lower abdominal pain. One month earlier, an ovarian cyst in the right ovary, about 3 cm in diameter, was …

It has been shown in mice that progesterone stimulates both mammary tumourigenesis and uterine adenomyosis in intact animals in the presence of normal levels of prolactin and oestrogen. From the view-point of the high dependence of progeste…

An accurate preoperative diagnosis of uterine adenomyosis is often difficult. We reviewed our experience with ultrasound evaluation of this pathological entity. Patients with histologically proven adenomyosis were studied to determine the u…