BACKGROUND: A possible etiological association between endometriosis and ovarian cancer has been repeatedly reported in the literature. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to evaluate published epidemiological data on this issue. REVIEW METHODS: We co…
The tremendous development of knowledge, the accumulation of clinical experience, and the enriching of everyday practice with the results of basic and clinical research created the need for splitting medicine in specialities and sub-special…
Postmenopausal endometriosis is a rare clinical condition. The diagnosis and treatment of an endometriotic lesion in postmenopausal women is complicated. First line treatment choice should be surgical, given that there is a potential risk o…
The aim of the present study was to investigate whether endometriosis and cancer share common molecular characteristics. Tissue samples were collected prospectively during diagnostic laparoscopy of patients with primary infertility. Using h…
Fifty-seven patients who underwent hysteroscopic septum resection between January 1991 and December 1996 were studied; nine patients presented with recurrent abortions, 46 with infertility (26 primary and 20 secondary), one with dysmenorrho…
Ovarian pregnancy is a rare variant of ectopic implantation. A case of an intrafollicular ovarian pregnancy after ovulation induction/intrauterine insemination is presented. The woman had primary infertility of 4 years. Diagnostic laparosco…