Lembo A

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
article 2024
Endometriosis Is Associated With Higher Healthcare Utilization and Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association ·doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2024.03.005

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting 10%-15% of women, with symptoms including abdominopelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and menorrhagia. Up to 90% experience gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms including constipation, bloating, an…

review 2024
Primary endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising on vaginal endometriosis: a case report and review of the literature
Gynecology and pelvic medicine ·doi:10.21037/gpm-23-33

BACKGROUND: Malignant transformation of extragonadal endometriosis is a rare event, mostly described in surgical scars endometriosis or bowel endometriosis. We here present the case of a 59 years old patient, with endometriosis and malignan…

2019
Prevalence of Functional GI Diseases and Pelvic Floor Symptoms in Marfan Syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A National Cohort Study.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology ·doi:10.1097/mcg.0000000000001173

Background and aimsPrior studies have shown a high prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, diagnoses of functional GI diseases (FGIDs), and pelvic floor symptoms associated with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). It is unclear if Marfan sy…

2018
Factors Associated With Response to Placebo in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Constipation.
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association ·doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2018.04.009

Background & aimsA high proportion of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) respond to placebo in clinical trials (estimated at about 40%). We aimed to identify factors that contribute to the high placebo response rate using data fro…