Fred Benjamin

Ascites is a rare but important complication of endometriosis because it mimics ovarian cancer. Most cases occur in nulliparous young black women and present with massive ascites. Treatment is effected by ablation of ovarian function by sur…

The charts of 500 sequential perimenopausal patients were reviewed and their alterations in menstrual flow were characterized as fitting one of three patterns. Sixty-two patients (12%) had sudden amenorrhea, 347 (70%) had oligomenorrhea and…

We report the case of a patient who was successfully treated with a long-acting GnRH agonist for pulmonary endometriosis. This 28-year-old woman had symptomatic pleural endometriosis, documented by biopsies, as well as symptomatic pelvic en…

We report the case of a patient who was successfully treated with a long-acting GnRH agonist for pulmonary endometriosis. This 28-year-old woman had symptomatic pleural endometriosis, documented by biopsies, as well as symptomatic pelvic en…

Two thousand years elapsed before man could unravel several of the problems and implications of disturbed glucose tolerance. As far back as 30 years B.C. gross manifestations of the disease now known as Diabetes Mellitus were recognized. De…

In an attempt to determine the place of endocrine therapy in the treatment of endometriosis, 120 consecutive cases were analysed, 60 of whom were treated with hormones.