Heatley MK

Although described originally as the sine qua non for endometriosis, plasma cells have been identified in the endometrium in a variety of other situations. This study of patients who did and did not have plasma cells in their endometrium wa…

The case of a 34-year-old woman who had a radical hysterectomy for stage 1 b squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix and in whom an epithelial polyp was identified in the left fallopian tube is presented. The case is unusual in that the polyp…

A 73 year old woman presented with a right sided adnexal cystic mass. At laparotomy, this proved to be a benign serous ovarian cyst and an aggregation of thin walled subserosal and soft tissue cysts and spongy nodules up to 16 mm in diamete…

AIMS: We compared the immunohistochemical profiles of the rete ovarii and endometriosis in order to identify a panel which distinguishes between these structures. The immune profiles of the epoophoron, Fallopian tube and ovarian surface epi…

AIM: To examine proliferative activity using the Ki-67 protein, oestrogen receptor protein, and progesterone receptor protein expression in the rete ovarii, and to make comparisons with their expression in endometriosis. METHODS: Immunohist…