Ana Portela Carvalho

ORCID: 0000-0002-1311-7035 · 4 papers in corpus · active 2017-2020

Study types

  • article 2
  • preprint 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 3
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 2
  • infertility 2
  • dyspareunia 2
  • disambig:endometritis 1
preprint 2020
·doi:10.12688/f1000research.22206.1

Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is characterized by the presence of foamy histiocytes associated with other inflammatory cells like lymphocytes, plasma cells and neutrophils. It is a rare inflammatory process, which has been more frequentl…

article 2019

Sexual function is essential for women's wellbeing. Chronic pelvic pain and dyspareunia are important symptoms of endometriosis that may contribute to women's sexual dysfunction; however, other biopsychosocial variables may intervene. Treat…

article 2018
·doi:10.1136/bcr-2018-224533

The presence of intrauterine foreign bodies (IFBs) is a rare condition that may lead to chronic endometritis through local inflammation. According to literature, IFB may be the cause of 0.02% to 0.15% of the cases of infertility, and of abn…

preprint 2017
·doi:10.26226/morressier.59f838b6a874c6001b34e9f3

PROBLEM STATEMENTPrimary extrauterine endometrioid carcinoma arises from ectopic endometrioid tissue. In 1925, Sampson first reported malignant transformation of endometriosis to carcinoma, which may occur in up to 1% of the affected women.…