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An isthmocele is described as a pouch-like defect in the uterus with a thin roof formed by inadequate healing of the smooth muscle of the anterior uterine wall at the site of a hysterotomy. With increased rates of deliveries by cesarean sec…

BACKGROUND: Accurate estimates of incidence and prevalence of endometriosis among nonselected cohorts are lacking in the United States, and earlier reports have produced varying results. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to define endometriosis …

Extrauterine Mullerian adenosarcomas (MA) are rare and often associated with endometriosis. We report a 55-yr-old patient seen in consultation for abdominal pain and bloating. Imaging was suggestive of a left adnexal mass and "peritoneal ca…

BackgroundAdenomyosis symptoms are disabling. Population-based data on incidence and prevalence of adenomyosis are lacking that could guide future evidence-based treatments and clinical management.ObjectiveTo evaluate the incidence, 10-year…

IntroductionUterine fibroids are the most common benign tumors of the uterus and are associated with considerable morbidity. Diagnosis codes have been used to identify fibroid cases, but their accuracy, especially for incident cases, is unc…

Endometriosis is a disease that affects a significant portion of reproductive age women. It can cause chronic pelvic pain and has been associated with subfertility. Treatment options differ depending on a patient's reproductive goals; women…

UNLABELLED: Clear cell carcinomas (CCC) of the mullerian system are considered high grade tumors, but morphologically, the cells of CCC show both low and high grade features. The aims of the current study were to categorize CCC into low and…

Liesagang-like rings (LR) are periodic structures with equally spaced radial striations formed by a process that involves diffusion, nucleation, flocculation or precipitation, and supersaturation. Being more common in vitro, on rare occasio…

We encountered 2 unusual cases of polypoid endometriosis presenting as unilateral ovarian masses. The first was benign and was found in a 57-year-old postmenopausal patient; the second case gave rise to well-differentiated endometrioid carc…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of peritoneal fluid (PF) from patients with endometriosis on gamete interaction under hemizona assay (HZA) conditions. DESIGN: The HZA was used to study the effect of PF from patients with endometriosis on…

Preoperative cervical screening of 1,193 women undergoing first-trimester induced abortions yielded Chlamydia trachomatis in 11.7%, Neisseria gonorrhoeae in 0.8%, Mycoplasma hominis in 22.1%, Ureaplasma urealyticum in 10.1%, herpes simplex …