OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to identify clinical indications for uterine fibroid (UF) treatment by comparing patient characteristics and imaging findings in cases treated with uterine artery embolization (UAE) or total laparoscopic hysterec…
Clear cell carcinoma (CCC) of the diaphragm is rare, with an origin that is reported to be associated with malignant transformation of extraperitoneal endometriosis. Lynch syndrome (LS) is an autosomal dominant hereditary cancer syndrome ca…
AIM: Ovarian serous carcinoma (OSC) and ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) are two major histological types of epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC), each with different biological features and clinical behaviors. Although immunostaining is c…
BACKGROUND: Epithelial ovarian cancer is the most frequent gynecologic malignancy; it has a poor prognosis and often occurs bilaterally. Most cases of synchronous bilateral ovarian cancer (SBOC) are metastases from the other ovary, while bi…
OBJECTIVE: Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is a heterogeneous disease with diverse clinicopathological features and behaviors, and its heterogeneity may be concerned with the accumulation of multiple somatic oncogenic mutations. The major g…
BACKGROUND: Pregnancy in a rudimentary horn is an extremely rare type of ectopic pregnancy. A rudimentary uterine horn pregnancy is associated with a risk of spontaneous rupture and bleeding during surgery due to the increased uterine blood…
The patient was a 37-year-old woman with no history of pregnancy or laparotomy. She developed lower abdominal pain and nausea and was admitted to a local hospital with a diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis. However, she was found to have sma…
The authors report a case of polypoid endometriosis (PE) in a young woman. In addition, they review the PE cases in patients under 40 years of age. A 34-year-old nulliparous presented with a vaginal polyp protruding from the posterior vagin…
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a unique learning system for uterine artery embolization (UAE) and examine its feasibility and clinical outcomes for the treatment of symptomatic uterine leiomyomas and adenomyosis when performed by obstetrician…
Non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis is caused by a hypercoagulable state that is sometimes related to malignancy and this type of endocarditis associated with benign tumors has not yet been reported. In this study we report the first case…