Bassi E

A nulliparous woman in her 40s presented with abdominal pain and dyspnoea during the second trimester of pregnancy. Ultrasonography revealed two large abdominal masses: the upper lesion occupied the entire left subphrenic space extending to…

Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) is a complex disease that impairs the quality of life and the fertility of women. Colorectal DIE accounts for 70% to 93% of all the intestinal endometriotic sites and frequently needs a surgical approac…

PURPOSE: To determinate transvaginal scan (TVS) accuracy in the preoperative evaluation of deep endometriosis in a large cohort of patients with subsequent laparoscopic assessment. METHODS: A retrospective study was performed in a tertiary …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors predisposing to implants of endometriotic lesions in normal ovarian cortexes of women with and without endometriosis by assessing the expression of pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic factors a…