Mitsutoshi Iwashita
ORCID: 0000-0002-7137-1613
· 6 papers in corpus
lab-animal
2016
OBJECTIVES: Endometriotic cyst fluid (ECF) contains a large amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and endometriotic cysts are exposed to strong oxidative stress, which may cause malignant transformation. In this study, ROS production by …
other
2015
OBJECTIVE: The marker for the early diagnosis of endometriotic cyst rupture is unknown. We report a preliminary study designed to evaluate the relationship between plasma D-dimer levels and endometriotic cyst rupture in clinical case series…
case-report
2014
Primary retroperitoneal Müllerian adenocarcinoma (PRMA) is an extremely rare tumor and the cause remains unknown. We report a case of PRMA arising from endometriosis. A 52-year-old woman with a history of malignant lymphoma underwent a foll…
lab-animal
2008
Progesterone is known to induce decidualization of human endometrial stromal cells in vitro. Decidualized stromal cells produce insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) as well as prolactin (PRL). In this study, we tested the …
observational
2003
OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to examine the prevalence of endometriosis among female siblings of patients with endometriosis in Japan. METHODS: A total of 339 patients with endometriosis were questioned about endometriosis in their …
other
1995