Sugimoto K

OBJECTIVE: To retrospectively evaluate the clinical features, perioperative findings, and long-term outcomes of patients who underwent bowel resection for intestinal endometriosis, and to clarify diagnostic and therapeutic challenges with t…

INTRODUCTION: While intestinal obstruction is common, intestinal endometriosis is relatively rare, making its etiology still poorly understood. We report a case of rectal obstruction caused by intestinal endometriosis with a frozen pelvis, …

Appendiceal intussusception is a rare disease in which the appendix invaginates into the cecum. It is often caused by organic diseases. The present case involved an appendiceal intussusception without an organic disease, and laparoscopic re…

AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and adverse effects of Dienogest (DNG) over 53 weeks for the treatment of endometriosis. METHODS: DNG was administered to 75 patients with endometriosis over a period of 53 weeks. Medical charts were retrospect…

Malignant transformation of intestinal endometriosis occurring in the extraovarian sites is extremely rare. We report a very rare case of clear cell adenocarcinoma arising from endometriosis of the rectum. An 83-year-old woman was admitted …

AIM: Adenomyosis patients treated with dienogest are considered to be at higher risk of uterine bleeding; however, the mechanisms which cause severe uterine bleeding in those patients are unknown. This study aims to investigate the risk fac…