Jacques Donnez

Five years after laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy and morcellation, pelvic magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated the presence of an irregular and heterogeneous pelvic mass measuring 40 x 40 x 30 mm. Histologic examination confirmed smoo…

BACKGROUND: Iron deposits are characteristic of endometriotic lesions, and pelvic iron concentrations are higher in endometriosis patients than in women without endometriosis. In this study, the effect of iron overload and iron chelation on…

Dioxin-like compounds (DLCs) are suspected etiological factors of endometriosis but their potential mechanisms of action remain elusive. Because endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease and since aromatase (CYP19), a key enzyme in est…

We describe an unusual case of ascites caused by the rupture of a large endometrioma.

The efficacy of medical and surgical treatment of endometriosis and pelvic pain is a source of questions and controversies. Complete resolution of endometriosis is not yet possible but therapy has essentially three main objectives: 1) to re…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possible association between the body burden of dioxin-like compounds and endometriotic disease. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: Gynecology ward in a university hospital. PATIENT(S): Seventy-one women w…

OBJECTIVE: To report two cases of orthotopic transplantation of fresh ovarian tissue. SETTING: Academic hospital. PATIENT(S): Two patients with severe endometriosis, who underwent left oophorectomy for recurrent endometriosis. INTERVENTI…

BACKGROUND: In animal models of endometriosis, the identification and quantification of lesions originating from human endometrium is often hampered by the small size of the implants and their embedding in murine tissue. The purpose of the …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the timing of endometrial lesion revascularization in a murine model. DESIGN: Prospective experimental study. SETTING: An academic research environment. ANIMAL(S): Twenty-six nude mice. INTERVENTION(S): Endometriosi…

Environmental chemicals with oestrogen-like activity are suspected aetiological factors of endometriosis. In animal experiments, cadmium was recently shown to possess oestrogen-like properties. In the frame of a case-control study designed …

BACKGROUND: Pelvic endometriotic lesions are often laden with hemosiderin. In order to investigate the potential source of such iron deposits, we examined whether the seric and erythrocyte fractions of menstrual effluent might influence the…

Compounds with dioxin-like toxicity are suspected to adversely affect human reproduction even at current background exposures. Endometriosis, a gynecological disorder often associated with infertility, has been hypothesized to be linked to …

Women with endometriosis typically present with pelvic pain, infertility or an adnexal mass. Surgery for persistent adnexal masses may be indicated to remove an endometrioma or other pelvic pathology. Surgical or medical therapy is efficaci…

OBJECTIVE: The present study aims at demonstrating the equivalence of the 28-day and 3-month formulations of triptorelin SR (sustained release) in terms of percentage of patients achieving castration levels of estradiol (<==50 pg/mL) 84 day…

This immunohistochemical study shows that platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1), known to play a role in neoangiogenesis and vascular development, is strongly and homogeneously expressed in endothelial cells lining blood v…

The sum of bulk polychlorobiphenyl levels was significantly higher in women with rectovaginal adenomyosis than in women with endometriosis and controls.

Deep endometriosis is essentially characterized by the presence of a rectovaginal or retrocervical nodule, which is a circumscribed, nodular aggregate of smooth muscle, endometrial glands, and, usually, endometrial stroma. The authors sugge…

The efficacy of medical and surgical treatment of endometriosis-associated infertility and pelvic pain is a source of ongoing controversy. Complete resolution of endometriosis is not yet possible and current therapy has three main objective…

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review the concept of typical, subtle and invisible endometriosis and analyze the evolution and progression of the disease, as well as some factors possibly involved in the pathogenesis. RECENT FINDINGS: Although reje…