The histopathology of spontaneous endometriosis was studied on 20 pelvic implants biopsied at laparoscopy in 15 healthy baboons. Endometriosis was confirmed by histopathology in 10 of these animals (66%). Typical (n = 3) and subtle (n = 13)…
An ultrastructural review of the cyclic changes of endometrial surface and glandular epithelial cells, stromal cells and the stromal microvasculature is presented. Endometrial biopsies were collected from infertile patients with endometrios…
BACKGROUND: This study was performed to test the hypothesis that endometriosis undergoes regression during pregnancy. METHODS: This study was performed on 11 baboons with histologically proven endometriosis, housed at the Institute of Prim…
BACKGROUND: It is not known whether stress affects the prevalence of endometriosis in women. Baboons with spontaneous endometriosis may be interesting models to study the human disease. For baboons, living in captivity is a period of chroni…
OBJECTIVE: The Sampson hypothesis of retrograde menstruation as a cause of endometriosis was tested by determining the effect of intrapelvic injection of menstrual versus luteal endometrium on the incidence, peritoneal involvement, and stag…
Three sequential oestradiol valerate (E2V) and cyproterone acetate (CPA) combinations based on 11 days of oestrogen and 10 days of oestrogen-progestogen administration were investigated during hormone replacement therapy in two prospective,…
Localization and immunohistochemical staining patterns of endometrial protein PP14 were studied in 55 patients providing 86 histologically confirmed pelvic and ovarian endometriotic implants. The cellular localization of PP14 in endometriot…
In 179 consecutive laparoscopies for infertility (n = 105), pain (n = 60), or both problems (n = 14), endometriosis was diagnosed in 77%, 82%, and 86%, respectively. Eighty implants with positive histology and with careful assessment of dep…
An integrated light and electron microscopic study of the rat uterine lymphatic microcirculation reveals that the functional layer of the endometrium lacks an intrinsic lymphatic system. Only some scanty lymphatic capillaries may be observe…