The proliferative activity and angiogenic factors of pelvic endometriosis and uterine endometrium and their correlation with different pigmented lesions are important throughout the menstrual cycle. The proliferative activity and/or express…
ObjectiveTo clarify the role of ovarian steroids in the development and progression of endometriosis, estrogen receptors (ERs) and progesterone receptors (PRs) were localized by immunohistochemistry, and ER messenger RNA (mRNA) was detected…
OBJECTIVE: This study examines the influence of ovarian endometrioma on fertility. STUDY DESIGN: For 117 infertile women who were diagnosed as having endometriosis by laparoscopy and who underwent danazol therapy, we examined (1) the relat…
To determine the main factors that affect the prognosis for conception in endometriosis-associated infertility, 99 infertile patients with laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis were classified according to the new TOP classification, whi…
Vulvar involvement by endometriosis is extremely rare. A patient presented with a vulvar tumor and was diagnosed on needle aspiration biopsy and subsequently on histopathology as having endometriosis of the vulva. The treatment offered was …
The mechanism of infertility in women with endometriosis is still largely unclear. It is thought that peritoneal macrophages increase in number in women with endometriosis and that the macrophages phagocytize sperm or the fertilized ovum, l…