A 24-year-old woman who wished to become pregnant presented to our hospital with an enlarged ovarian endometrioma and developmental abnormality of the uterus. Robert's uterus complicated by hematosalpinx, ovarian endometrioma, and endometri…
PURPOSE: Circ-SHPRH is a circular RNA that can regulate the expression of target genes by sponging microRNAs (miRNAs) or translating tumor suppressor proteins. Recent studies have suggested that circ-SHPRH may play a role in the development…
Thoracic endometriosis is characterized by the presence of normal functioning endometrial tissues in normal pleural, diaphragm, or lung parenchyma, and main clinical symptoms include pneumothorax, menstrual hemothorax, menstrual hemoptysis,…
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Chinese medicine (CM) improving pregnancy outcomes after surgery for endometriosis-associated infertility. METHODS: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind placebo parallel controlled clini…
INTRODUCTION: Most premenopausal women in China have normal lipid profiles while the sexual function among them was scarcely demonstrated. AIM: To find out the characteristics of the sexual function in premenopausal Chinese women without h…
OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is considered as a serious gynaecological disease in women at a reproductive age. Lower body mass index (BMI) is thought to be a risk factor. However, recent studies indicated that women with normal BMI were also mo…
Pancreatic cancer has a high mortality rate and its incidence has risen rapidly in recent years. Meanwhile, the diagnosis and treatment of this cancer remain challenging. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common type of pa…
AIM: This study aims to assess the use of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) in the evaluation of percutaneous microwave ablation (PMWA) of localized adenomyosis. MAT…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between the size of an excised endometrioma and the magnitude of damage to the ovary after the surgery. DESIGN: A retrospective, controlled study. SETTING: A university hospital. PATIENT(S): Eig…
Sister Mary Joseph's nodule (SMJN) refers to a metastatic tumor of the umbilicus. It is a rare entity which arises from a malignancy in the intra-abdominal cavity. We herein describe a patient who presented with SMJN as his first sign of pa…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the outcome of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) in special infertile patients following modified super-long down-regulation protocol combined with human menopausal gonadotropin (HMG) stimulation.…