AIM: Endometriosis is linked to asymptomatic atherosclerosis and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Vascular function tests are used to assess atherosclerosis, an important indicator of CVD development. In this study, we ai…
BACKGROUND: In women with endometriosis, the association between ovarian function, hormones, and bone mineral density (BMD) is unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to elucidate the association between changes in bone mineral density (BMD) a…
A 53-year-old woman visited a doctor and complained of chest discomfort after meals. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed multiple granular elevations in the gastric body. After biopsies from the elevations, she was diagnosed with mucosa-assoc…
PURPOSE: To investigate the influence of microcystic, elongated and fragmented (MELF) pattern invasion on preoperative evaluation of lymph node (LN) metastasis and myometrial invasion in patients with low-grade endometrial carcinoma. METHO…
Abstract Background In women with endometriosis, the association between ovarian function, hormones, and bone mineral density (BMD) is unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to elucidate the correlation between changes in bone mineral density…
Laparoscopy has become the standard surgery for the treatment of benign ovarian tumors. The aim of this study was to evaluate the appropriateness of laparoscopy for ovarian tumors, including those with malignant potential. A total of 487 pa…
The clinical and pathological features of four cases of pseudoxanthomatous salpingitis (PXS) and xanthogranulomatous salpingitis (XGS) are described. The women with PXS underwent salpingectomy for primary sterility (Case 1) and endometriosi…
A 47-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital for evaluation of an abnormal shadow in the left hilar region. A CT scan showed a non-enhancing mass between the lingula and left basal bronchus. On the twelfth hospital day, when her menstru…
6-Thioguanine and Neomycin resistant human endometrial carcinoma cells were established from parental HHUA 95 cells in the present study. The karyotype was 46,XX although chromosome abnormalities had been observed occasionally. Cell hybrids…