Lucia Merlino

ORCID: 0000-0002-4281-8308 · 3 papers in corpus
2024
Pediatric Hemangiomas in the Female Genital Tract: A Literature Review.
Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/diseases12030048

BackgroundHemangiomas are aberrant proliferations of blood vessels and the most frequent benign pediatric soft tissue tumors. Although they are common, genital localization is rare. This study aimed to assist doctors in the diagnosis, manag…

article 2023
Efficacy of N-Acetylcysteine on Endometriosis-Related Pain, Size Reduction of Ovarian Endometriomas, and Fertility Outcomes
International journal of environmental research and public health ·doi:10.3390/ijerph20064686

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen-dependent, inflammatory disease, whose pivotal symptoms are dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and chronic pelvic pain (CPP). Besides the usual medical treatments, recent evidence suggests there are …

2022
Vulvodynia: Pain Management Strategies.
Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/ph15121514

Background: Vulvodynia is defined in this international consensus as persistent vulvar pain that occurs for >3 months without an identifiable cause and with several potential associated factors. At present there is no univocal consensus in …