Kentenich H

Aim The purpose of this official guideline published and coordinated by the German Society for Psychosomatic Gynecology and Obstetrics [Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychosomatische Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe (DGPFG)] is to provide a con…

Purpose How many women assume that they have fibroids but are found not to have fibroids on ultrasound examination? How severe are the physical symptoms reported by these women compared to the symptoms reported by women with actual uterine …

Clinical symptoms of endometriosis, such as pain and infertility, can be described as persistent stressors. Such continuous exposure to stress may severely affect the equilibrium and bidirectional communication of the endocrine and immune s…

Endometriosis is a widespread chronic disease characterized by endometrial tissue located outside the uterine cavity. Clinical signs are chronic pelvic pain and infertility. Emerging evidence indicates that the immune system is profoundly i…

PROBLEM: The aim of the study was to identify if (i) psychosocial factors differ in endometriosis; (ii) related psychosocial aspects alter immune markers of depression/sickness behaviour; and (iii) serum immune marker may be indicative for …

At our hospital a 32 year old patient with a cystic ovarian had been operated. Because sonography was without pathological findings and the patient showed a sterility type, laparoscopy was indicated. Histological findings showed invasive gr…