Ectopic adrenal cortical tissue (EACT) is an uncommon developmental heterotopia and is exceptionally rare in the ovary of adult women. A 52-year-old woman, 6 years after menopause, was evaluated for progressive enlargement of a uterine leio…
BACKGROUND: Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is defined as loss of ovarian function before the age of 40 years. It has a profound impact on patients' quality of life, particularly due to infertility and menopausal symptoms related to e…
We report an extremely rare case of ovarian high-grade endometrioid stromal sarcoma arising from a mature cystic teratoma with clinicopathologic features, and then we briefly review the pertinent literature. A 62-year-old nulliparous woman …
See the letter "Vitamin D and endometriosis: Is there a correlation with disease severity?" in Volume 47 on page 233.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate serum 25-hydroxyl vitamin D (25(OH)D) and vitamin D-binding protein (VDBP) concentrations in women with endometriosis according to the severity of disease. METHODS: Women with mild endometriosis (n = 9) and advanc…