Deligdisch L

This is a case report (and review of the literature) of a 12-year and 10-month-old girl with a rare congenital anomaly of uterus didelphys, unilateral cervix aplasia, and ipsilateral renal aplasia. She had severe dysmenorrhea from the first…

Progesterone receptor modulators (PRM) are hormonally active drugs effective in the management of endometriosis and uterine leiomyomata. The endometrial effects of progestin blockade by PRMs in premenopausal women are currently being evalua…

ObjectiveTo analyze clinicopathologic patterns of early ovarian carcinoma.DesignRetrospective chart and histopathology review.SettingMount Sinai School of Medicine, New York and the Centre Jean Perrin, Clermont Ferrand, France.Patient(s)Sev…

Ovarian cancers are the most lethal gynecologic malignancies and are rarely diagnosed in their early stages. The most common of these tumors--serous papillary carcinoma--is generally asymptomatic in the early stages. Non serous carcinomas (…

The endometrial tissue is a sensitive target for steroid sex hormones and is able to modify its structural characteristics with promptness and versatility. This article discusses briefly endogenous hormonal effects (cyclic changes, luteal p…

Hormone therapy induces a variety of histologic changes in the endometrium. Histologic patterns encountered in the most commonly used hormonal regimens are described. Oral contraceptives are associated with inactive, atrophic, or pseudosecr…

A postmenopausal woman on hormone replacement therapy presented with abdominal pain, a large pelvic mass and high-grade ureteral obstruction, with endometriosis found at exploration.