Tim H. Parmley

ObjectiveTo examine endometrial response to long-term low-does RU486 administration.DesignRetrospective controlled study of women with endometriosis treated for 6 months with 50 mg RU486 daily for 6 months. Controls consisted of women in th…

ObjectiveOur objective was to assess the cell-to-cell contacts in hyperplastic human endometrium and to compare them with contacts in normal endometrium.Study designHyperplastic endometrial samples (five with simple hyperplasia and five wit…

A 29-year-old black woman had increasing abdominal girth, dullness to percussion, and an irregular mass in the left adnexal region. At laparotomy, 6 L of dark brown fluid was removed, and the abdominal cavity had the appearance of extensive…

In the early proliferative phase endometrial capillary basal lamina is loosely formed and discontinuous. It becomes more distinct in the late proliferative phase and develops whorled extensions that include pericytes in the early secretory …

Part 1 The vulva: developmental and microscopic anatomy developmental anomalies cystic masses and vascular lesions vulvar inflammation condylomata and carcinoma in situ vulva dystrophy vulva cancer. Part 2 The vagina: embryology normal anat…

Four cases of primary ovarian abscess associated with intrauterine contraceptive devices are presented. It is proposed that both their unilaterality and the fact that they were primary in the ovary rather than tuboovarian are due to the fac…