Da Silva Fernandes Leal Carvalho, Maria João

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is characterized by the ectopic implantation of endometrial tissue affecting reproductive-aged women. Available therapies have still unmet needs namely due to recurrence rates and systemic side effects. Emerging …

The role of endometrial stem cell in endometriosis can have a revolutiorary application in early non-invasive diagnostic and targeted therapy. Endometrial stem cells (EnSCs) have differentiation ability, self-renewal, and they can give rise…

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a medical procedure useful for several benign conditions (such as wound healing and infections) and cancer. PDT is minimally invasive, presents few side effects, good scaring, and is able to minimal tissue dest…

Endometriosis-associated malignancy in an episiotomy scar is rare. The predictive factors are poorly understood as are the mechanisms and pathways associated with implantation and malignant transformation. In this study we describe the case…

Spontaneous heterotopic pregnancies occur in about 1/30000 pregnancies, with the ovarian subtype comprising 2.3% of the total. We report the case of a healthy 32-year-old woman, gravida 4, para 3, who presented to the emergency room with se…

Overview and aims: This article summarises the Portuguese endometriosis consensus elaborated in order to adapt to our population the consensus documents published in the literature. Endorsed by the Portuguese Society of Gynaecology, we esta…