Charles Chapron

Purpose This review focuses on the use of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists, a typically marginalized class of drugs, and describes their role in the management of endometriosis, with special interest in 4 regions: Western …

OBJECTIVES: The goals of the study were to describe the MR imaging features of endometriosis of the urinary tract and identify those that suggest intrinsic involvement of ureteric wall. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-five women with proven …

Lower urinary tract disorders in case of deep endometriosis are common (up to 50% of patients), although often masked by pelvic pain. They result from damage to the pelvic autonomic nervous system by direct infiltration of these structures …

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a common disease that causes pain symptoms and/or infertility in women in their reproductive years. The disease is characterised by the presence of endometrium-like tissue - glands and stroma - outside the ute…

Endometriosis is considered as a tumor-like lesion under the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of ovarian tumors. Data from large cohort and case-control studies indicate that patients with a history of endometriosis have an in…

CONTEXT: Endometriosis is a common gynecologic condition characterized by an important inflammatory process mediated by the prostaglandin pathway. Oral contraceptives are the treatment of choice for symptomatic endometriotic women. However …

Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction - Vol. 42 - N° 4 - p. 325-333

BACKGROUND: Uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) are the most common gynaecological benign tumors in premenopausal women. Evidences support the role of oxidative stress in the development of uterine leiomyoma. We have analysed oxidative stress mar…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the serum levels of interleukin (IL)-10 family ILs in women with ovarian endometriosis and investigate the correlation of these levels with disease activity. DESIGN: A case-control laboratory study. SETTING: Tertia…

STUDY QUESTION: Are interleukin-33 (IL-33) serum levels higher in women with uterine leiomyoma compared with controls without leiomyoma? SUMMARY ANSWER: Serum IL-33 is elevated in women with uterine leiomyoma and correlated with features o…

Adenomyosis is defined as a benign invasion of the endometrium into the myometrium. Magnetic Resonance Imaging enables the diagnosis, by measuring the thickness of a distinct low-intensity myometrial band on T2- weighted images, called Junc…

MRI and ultrasound complement each other very well for the screening and diagnosis of endometriosis. Real Time Virtual Sonography (RVS) is a new technique which uses magnetic navigation and a computer software to allow for the synchronized …

Infertility is a major, multifaceted issue worldwide whose prevalence is increasing in both high- and low-income countries. The reasons are numerous, and may differ among world regions, but lifestyle and nutritional factors, epidemic infect…

Endometrioma is a common ovarian cyst associated with pain and infertility, but its pathogenesis remains enigmatic. Demonstration of the subtelomeric location of hypermethylation in endometrioma has been reported by genome-wide profiling of…

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting women's health. Pain and infertility are the major symptoms caused by a hormonal/immunological dysfunction, which causes an endometrial impairment. The same pathogenetic mechanisms a…

Endometriosis affects 6 to 10 % of all women of childbearing age. Intestinal involvement is defined by muscularis infiltration and has been estimated to occur in 8 % to 12 % of women with endometriosis. The most common sites are rectum, sig…