Jean-Christophe Noel

article 2016

Ovarian-like differentiation in eutopic and ectopic endometrioses with aberrant FSH receptor, INSL3 and GATA4/6 expression

BBA clinical ·doi:10.1016/j.bbacli.2016.11.002

Endometriosis, the hormone-dependent extrauterine dissemination of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, affects 5–15% of women of reproductive age. Pathogenesis remains poorly understood as well as the estrogen production by endometriotic…

article 2012

Ovarian endometrioma: severe pelvic pain is associated with deeply infiltrating endometriosis

Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/der462

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to evaluate the significance of severe preoperative pain for patients presenting with ovarian endometrioma (OMA). METHODS: Three hundred consecutive patients with histologically proven OMA were en…

article 2009

Anatomic Significance of a Positive Barium Enema in Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis of the Large Bowel

World journal of surgery ·doi:10.1007/s00268-008-9903-3

PURPOSE: The anatomopathological significance of a positive double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) for suspicion of deep infiltrating endometriosis of the large bowel was studied. This is a retrospective study of a prospective database. METHOD…

article 2006

Ureteral mullerian carcinosarcoma (mixed mullerian tumor) associated with endometriosis occurring in a patient with a concentrated soy isoflavones supplementation

Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-006-0188-1

Malignant transformation and particularly malignant mixed mullerian tumor arising in extragenital endometriosis is extremely rare and occurs in the majority of cases after estrogen replacement therapy. We present a case of a 75-year-old wom…