OBJECTIVE: To analyze and compare the clinicopathological features and prognosis of ovarian clear cell carcinoma (CCC) with or without endometriosis in Chinese patients. DESIGN: Comparative study based on a retrospective review of medical …
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to analyze the clinicopathological features of pure and mixed-type ovarian clear cell carcinoma (CCC) in Chinese patients. METHODS: Patients with ovarian CCC treated in our institution between 1982 and 2012 were…
ObjectiveTo describe the clinical characteristics of patients with Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome (HWWS) and explore the relationship between an obstructive genital abnormality and pelvic endometriosis.DesignCase series.SettingUniversity…
Endometriosis (EM) impacts the healthcare and the quality of life for women of reproductive age. However, there is no reliable noninvasive diagnosis method for either animal study or clinical use. In this work, a novel imaging method, photo…
OBJECTIVE: To study the significance of pain symptoms and physical signs to diagnosis of deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). METHODS: Totally 500 patients with laparoscopic diagnosis of endometriosis were studied retrospectively and di…
Telomere length has been associated with risk of many cancers, but results are inconsistent. Seven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) previously associated with mean leukocyte telomere length were either genotyped or well-imputed in 111…
BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have described the association between polymorphisms in the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) gene and risk of endometriosis. However, the results remain controversial. Here we reviewed studies reporting the associati…
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich (HWW) syndrome. METHODS: Seventy patients with a confirmed diagnosis of HWW syndrome admitted to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital between …
Study objectiveTo investigate whether the combined value of the platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) and serum cancer antigen 125 (CA 125) can be used in diagnosing moderate to severe endometriosis.DesignA retrospective study (Canadian Task Forc…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical presentations, diagnosis, treatment modalities and prognosis of endometriosis in adolescents in China. DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Data were collected from records of the Peking Union…
BACKGROUND: Clear-cell carcinoma transformed from an abdominal wall scar is extremely rare; there are only 22 cases reported in literature. Here we report a case of a patient with clear-cell carcinoma of the abdominal wall after cesarean de…
This paper demonstrates an in vitro model to simulate the microenvironment of endometriosis. We used microfluidic channels with cover slips to pattern and release endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) and human peritoneal mesothelial cells (HPMC…
STUDY QUESTION: Can plasma microRNAs be used as a non-invasive diagnostic test for the detection of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER: Plasma miR-17-5p, miR-20a and miR-22 are down-regulated in women with endometriosis compared with those witho…
Endometriosis, with a prevalence rate ranging from 6% to 10%, is the major contributor to pelvic pain and subfertility, and considerably reduces the quality of life in affected women. However, the pathogenesis of this disease remains largel…
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the appropriate measures for diagnosing and treating perineal endometriosis (PEM) with anal sphincter involvement. METHODS: Between January 1992 and April 2011, the clinical features, dia…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate follicle loss and its associated factors during laparoscopic cystectomy for ovarian endometrioma. METHOD: Between October 2008 and December 2009, 140 patients with ovarian cysts undergoing laparoscopic cystectomy at P…
OBJECTIVE: To examine the expression of gremlin-1 (GREM1) on the levels of messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein in eutopic endometrium and its serum level in patients with endometriosis. DESIGN: Prospective, experimental study using reverse-tr…
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical presentation of perineal endometriosis and evaluate its treatment. METHODS: Clinical data were analyzed from the records of 36 patients with perineal endometriosis who were operated on between 1983 and 20…
ObjectiveTo identify the differently expressed proteins in adenomyotic tissue compared with normal uterine muscle.DesignRetrospective, case-controlled study.SettingUniversity-based Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Proteomic Resea…
In this prospective case-control study, we determined the role of surface-enhanced laser desorption and ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry in the detection of histologically proven endometriosis. In the plasma of the group with end…
BACKGROUND: The pathogenesis of endometriosis remains poorly defined. The aberrant angiogenesis that occurs in eutopic endometrium may play a role in the lesion formation and survival. The difference in gene expression profile between human…
Malignant change of endometriosis in a cesarean scar (CS) is rare. We report a case of carcinosarcoma arising from atypical endometriosis in a CS scar, which was successfully treated with complete excision of the lesion and repair of the ab…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical characteristics, treatment, and factors of recurrence of abdominal wall endometriomas (AWE). METHOD: Sixty-four cases of AWE diagnosed at Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) from 1983 to 2003…
OBJECTIVE: To study the characteristics, diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis in adolescent patients. METHOD: Six cases of adolescent endometriosis in our hospital were reviewed retrospectively. RESULT: Endometriosis is the most common …