Valente M

No ORCID on file · 7 papers in corpus · active 2019-2025

Study types

  • article 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 2
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 1
  • disambig:endometritis 1
  • adenomyosis 1
2025
A Case Report to Reflect on the Origins of MMRd Mesonephric-like Ovarian Adenocarcinoma: Can It Be Defined as a Mϋllerian Neoplasm?
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms26115245

Mesonephric-like adenocarcinoma (MLA) of ovaries is a new and rare neoplastic entity, recently classified by the World Health Organization. Its morphological and immunohistochemical profile is similar to primitive cervical mesonephric adeno…

article 2023
Endometriosis with colonic and rectal involvement: surgical approach and outcomes in 142 patients
Langenbeck's archives of surgery ·doi:10.1007/s00423-023-03095-w

PURPOSE: Endometriosis involving the colon and/or rectum (CRE) is operatively managed using various methods. We aimed to determine if a more limited excision is associated with 30-day complications, symptom improvement, and/or recurrence. …

2023
The Role of Plasma Cells as a Marker of Chronic Endometritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Biomedicines ·doi:10.3390/biomedicines11061714

Chronic endometritis (CE) is the persistent inflammation of the endometrial lining associated with infertility and various forms of reproductive failures. The diagnosis of CE is based on the histological evidence of stromal plasma cells; ho…

2022
Pilomatrix-like High-Grade Endometrioid Carcinoma of the Ovary: Case Report, Literature Review, and Differential Diagnosis.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics12123146

Pilomatrix-like high-grade endometrioid carcinoma (PiMHEC) has recently been described as an aggressive variant of endometrial carcinoma. Herein, we described a case of ovarian PiMHEC, comparing it to endometrial PiMHEC and assessing previo…

2021
An Emerging Anti-p16 Antibody-BC42 Clone as an Alternative to the Current E6H4 for Use in the Female Genital Tract Pathological Diagnosis: Our Experience and a Review on p16ink4a Functional Significance, Role in Daily-Practice Diagnosis, Prognostic Potential, and Technical Pitfalls.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics11040713

BackgroundTo date, useful diagnostic applications of p16 IHC have been documented in gynecological pathology both for HPV-related and non-HPV-related lesions. In the present article, we reported our experience with the novel anti-p16 INK4a …

article 2020
The Many Faces of Endometriosis-Related Neoplasms in the Same Patient: A Brief Report
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000508225

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a common benign gynecological condition that can be associated with a slightly increased risk of developing a wide range of malignancies. CASE PRESENTATION: We herein report a singular case of a 62-year-old wo…

2019
Frozen section accurately allows pathological characterization of endometrial cancer in patients with a preoperative ambiguous or inconclusive diagnoses: our experience.
BMC cancer ·doi:10.1186/s12885-019-6318-5

BackgroundThe aim of this study was to assess the agreement rate between intraoperative evaluation (IOE) and final diagnosis (FD) in a series of surgically resected endometrial carcinoma (EC), with a preoperative ambiguous or inconclusive d…