Peiretti M

BACKGROUND In contemporary gynecological practice, encountering giant ovarian tumors is a rarity. While most are benign and of the mucinous subtype, the borderline variant only accounts for approximately 10% of these cases. This paper addre…

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether laparoscopic treatment with a diode laser is feasible, safe, and effective in symptomatic patients affected by deep endometriosis (DE). METHODS: This retrospective study was performed using medical record data.…

The most recent evidences suggest the use of progesterone mimicking drugs for the treatment of endometriosis. Particularly, dienogest has been largely tested. However, the standard treatment of extra-pelvic endometriosis is debated. Particu…

•Single port access laparoscopy may be suggested for prophylactic salpingectomy in BRCA carriers.•Diode laser salpingectomy could preserve ovarian function as it can cut and coagulate with extreme precision and minimal thermal damage.

The diagnosis rate of deep pelvic endometriosis is increasing. Endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) is a rare neoplasm. Extragenital ESS is an extremely uncommon event. Very few cases of extragenital ESS have been reported to date. The diagnos…

Objective: To report a case of endometrioid adenocarcinoma that arose in endometriosis mimicking colorectal cancer in a young woman with a Mullerian anomaly. Design: A case report. Setting: A university hospital. Patient(s): A 31-year-old, …

OBJECTIVE: To analyze clinicopathologic patterns of early ovarian carcinoma. DESIGN: Retrospective chart and histopathology review. SETTING: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York and the Centre Jean Perrin, Clermont Ferrand, France. P…

OBJECTIVE: To report a case of endometrioid adenocarcinoma that arose in endometriosis mimicking colorectal cancer in a young woman with a Müllerian anomaly. DESIGN: A case report. SETTING: A university hospital. PATIENT(S): A 31-year-ol…

OBJECTIVES: We compared the perioperative morbidity of laparoscopic hysterectomy for gynecologic oncologic (group A) and benign gynecologic (group B) indications at a single institution. METHODS: This is a retrospective analysis of 159 con…

BACKGROUND: The objective of the study is to evaluate the short- and long-term efficacy of complete laparoscopic excision of deep endometriosis, without rectum involvement, with the opening and partial excision of the posterior vaginal forn…

Vaginal clear cell adenocarcinoma arising from pelvic endometriosis has not been reported in the literature. We report a case of a 50-year-old woman with stage I clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina who was found to have endometriosis ad…

The aim of this study was to evaluate the short and long term efficacy of complete laparoscopic excision of deep endometriosis without rectal involvement with opening and partial excision of the vagina. From May 1998 to June 2000, 31 women …