Young Ah Kim

Ovarian pregnancies comprise approximately 3% of ectopic pregnancies. Moreover, ovarian pregnancies in the second trimester are extremely rare. We herein present a case of ruptured ovarian pregnancy in the second trimester. A 26-year-old As…

Objective: Studies on leiomyoma of uterus and phthalates, one of the estrogen-dependent diseases, have shown equivocal results. However, in our case-control study, phthalate exposure in patients with uterine leiomyoma was found to be higher…

OBJECTIVE: To determine if neurofilament (NF) is expressed in the endometrium and the lesions of myomas and adenomyosis, and to determine their correlation. METHODS: Histologic sections were prepared from hysterectomies performed on women w…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether there are neurofilament (NF)-positive nerve fibers in the eutopic endometrium of patients with myoma and endometriosis by using stromal cell culture and to verify whether progesterone has an effect on the NF-p…

Iatrogenic endometriosis and leiomyoma are rare complication of laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy. I experienced a case of pelvic endometriosis and leiomyoma concurrently arising after laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy 2 years ago. The pa…

AIMS: To investigate whether the GnRH agonist may reduce aromatase P450 and COX-2 in the eutopic endometrium of patients with endometriosis and ovarian endometrioma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Endometrial specimens and ovarian endometrioma wer…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of NF-kappaB during the induction of COX-2 by TNF-alpha in the eutopic endometrium of women with and without endometriosis using stromal cell culture. STUDY DESIGN: Experimental study in cultured stromal c…

Objective: To examine survivin expression in extrapelvic endometriosis. Methods: The study group consisted of 14 cases with extrapelvic endometriosis which were confirmed histologically. The control group (total, n=47) was divided into 2 gr…

목적: 성선자극호르몬 분비호르몬 효능제가 자궁내막증의 중요한 병인으로 생각되는 아로마타제와 COX-2에 직접적인 작용이 있는지를 생체 내 뿐 아니라, 난소 자궁내막종과 자궁내막증 환자의 자궁내막의 기질 세포 배양을 통해 알아보고자 하였다. 연구 방법: 불임 클리닉을 내원한 환자들 중 복강경 수술을 요하는 환자군을 대상으로 전향적 연구를 실시하였다. 복강경수술 상 난소에 자궁내막종이 보이면 낭종적출술 (enucleation)을 …

Objective: To examine expression of survivin and Bcl-2 in eutopic endometrium with endometriosis and without endometriosis by immunohistochemical stain. Methods: Expression of survivin and Bcl-2 was immunohistochemically investigated in eut…

Objective : To investigate the efficacy of low-dose aspirin and corticosteroid in IVF-ET patients with endometriosis. Materials and Methods : 45 infertile patients with endometriosis underwent 59 consecutive IVF-ET cycles. In the treatment …