Menghui Li

OBJECTIVES: To compare the differences in clinical characteristics between different types of abdominal wall endometriosis (AWE) according to the invasive levels of tissue mass. METHODS: 122 patients, who had undergone resection of AWE les…

Ovarian endometriosis (OEM) is characterised by ectopic endometrial tissue growth within the ovary. In these ectopic lesions, the ectopic epithelium plays a crucial role in OEM progression and has been associated with malignant transformati…

Umbilical endometriosis (UE) is a rare condition. We have documented the clinical characteristics, management strategies, and follow-up results for five cases treated at our hospital between 1998 and 2020, with patients aged between 31 and …

BACKGROUND: Inguinal endometriosis (IEM) is a rare extra pelvic endometriosis. Here, we study the clinical characteristics, management strategies, and long-term gynecological outcomes of IEM patients at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital. CASE PRESE…

OBJECTIVE: Thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES) is a rare disease in which a functioning endometrial tissue is observed in the pleura, lung, parenchyma, airways, and/or diaphragm. The optimal management of this disease remains a matter of …

Abstract Background: Thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES) is a rare disease in which a functioning endometrial tissue is observed in the pleura, lung parenchyma, airways, or diaphragm. The optimal management of this disease remains a matte…

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent pro-inflammatory disease that affects 6% to 10% of reproductive-age women. Current treatments target sex steroids, and none are disease-specific. MicroRNA treatments have provided promising results for…

OBJECTIVE: To study the relationship between the clinic-pathological features and pain symptoms in patients with endometriotic cyst (EM). METHODS: The medical data of symptoms, laparoscopy and pathology examination in 416 patients with endo…

This paper demonstrates an in vitro model to simulate the microenvironment of endometriosis. We used microfluidic channels with cover slips to pattern and release endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) and human peritoneal mesothelial cells (HPMC…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β and Smad pathway expressed in adhesion peritoneums in patients with endometriosis (EM). METHODS: From Dec. 2009 to Mar. 2010, 11 patients with EM [including 3 pa…