Maaike C.G. Bleeker

ORCID: 0000-0001-9610-8064 · 5 papers in corpus · active 2011-2022

Study types

  • article 5

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
  • adenomyosis 1
  • bladder_endometriosis 1
article 2022
Increased Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis in Adenomyosis Visualized by Multiplex Immunohistochemistry
International journal of molecular sciences ·doi:10.3390/ijms23158434

There is evidence for increased angiogenesis in the (ectopic) endometrium of adenomyosis patients under the influence of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). VEGF stimulates both angiogenesis and lymph-angiogenesis. However, informati…

article 2019
Comparison of enhanced laparoscopic imaging techniques in endometriosis surgery: a diagnostic accuracy study
Surgical endoscopy ·doi:10.1007/s00464-019-06736-8

BACKGROUND: For surgical endometriosis, treatment key is to properly identify the peritoneal lesions. The aim of this clinical study was to investigate if advanced imaging improves the detection rate by comparing narrow-band imaging (NBI), …

article 2018
Iatrogenic endometriosis harbors somatic cancer-driver mutations
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/humrep/dey332

STUDY QUESTION: Does incisional endometriosis (IE) harbor somatic cancer-driver mutations? SUMMARY ANSWER: We found that approximately one-quarter of IE cases harbor somatic-cancer mutations, which commonly affect components of the MAPK/RAS…

article 2011
Evaluation of MR diffusion-weighted imaging in differentiating endometriosis infiltrating the bowel from colorectal carcinoma
European journal of radiology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.03.038
article 2011
MR imaging of bladder endometriosis and its relationship with the anterior uterine wall: Experience in a tertiary referral centre
European journal of radiology ·doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.08.007