BACKGROUND: Endometriosis usually occurs in the pelvis and often involves the ovaries, the uterosacral and broad ligaments, and the pelvic peritoneum. In rare instances, it can occur in the vasculature of the pelvis. Patients with endometri…
We present a complicated case of recurrence of gestational trophoblastic neoplasms (GTN), mixed ETT and choriocarcinoma at an abdominal cesarean scar. This tumor consisted of typical morphologic and immunophenotypic features of ETT and chor…
Background: Thoracic endometriosis is the most frequent extra-pelvic location of endometrial lesions. Because thoracic endometriosis is an unusual and uncommon diagnosis in women, it is crucial that patients with catamenial chest pain and p…
Background:Endometriosis is defined as functional endometrial tissue located outside of the uterine cavity. Typical symptoms include dysmenorrhea, non-cyclic dyspareunia, irregular or heavy menstrual bleeding, dyschezia, and infertility. Pr…
Endometrial cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive organs, the American Cancer Society estimates 63,230 new cases in 2018 alone. 1 Although endometrial cancer is typically a disease affecting post-menopausal women, a sm…
Background: Pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS) is a condition which is not clearly understood but is associated with chronic pelvic pain. Pelvic congestion syndrome is most commonly seen in multiparous premenopausal women but may also be asym…
Background. Hysteroscopic tubal sterilization (Essure) is a minimally invasive option for permanent contraception with high reported rates of patient satisfaction. A small percentage of these women subsequently choose to have the tubal inse…
Background. Mullerian duct anomalies (MDAs) are congenital defects of the female genital system that arise from abnormal embryological development of the Mullerian ducts. A didelphys uterus, also known as a "double uterus," is one of the le…