Raio L
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· 7 papers in corpus
2023
IntroductionGynecological sarcomas are rare malignant tumors with an incidence of 1.5-3/100,000 and are 3-9% of all malignant uterine tumors. The preoperative differentiation between sarcoma and myoma becomes increasingly important with the…
article
2012
Background. Transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) in female patients with acute right lower quadrant (RLQ) abdominal pain is time and infrastructure intensive and not always available. This study aims to evaluate the role of TVU in these patients. …
article
2006
ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to evaluate whether pregnancy-associated plasma protein A, glycodelin, osteoprotegerin, and soluble CD163 are possible peritoneal fluid markers for endometriosis and to compare them with the establishe…
other
2005
CONTEXT: Glycodelin (GdA) is an immunosuppressive endometrial glycoprotein critical for embryonic implantation and pregnancy establishment. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of dioxin [2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodib…
article
2005
ObjectiveTo evaluate whether the presence of kissing ovaries at ultrasound is a marker for endometriosis and whether it correlates with the severity of the disease.DesignProspective observational study.SettingGynecologic departments of two …
review
2004
We report two women who presented with a recurrent, mildly painful, bluish nodule in the umbilicus. Both patients complained of local tenderness and occasional bleeding that increased during menstruation. Neither patient had had previous pe…
review
2002
ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical outcome of patients undergoing operative laparoscopy for a benign pelvic mass followed by vaginal extraction of the surgical specimen.MethodsPatients presenting with a suspected benign mass greater than …