Piacenti I

No ORCID on file · 15 papers in corpus · active 2017-2026

Study types

  • article 8
  • other 2
  • review 2
  • preprint 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 12
  • dyspareunia 5
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 5
  • dysmenorrhea 3
  • adenomyosis 3
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
  • irritable_bowel_syndrome 1
  • endometrioma 1
other 2026
BMC women's health ·doi:10.1186/s12905-026-04348-8

BACKGROUND: Pain is the primary symptom of endometriosis and may progress into a chronic, acyclic condition driven by neuroinflammatory mechanisms, leading to neuropathic and ultimately nociplastic pain. Central sensitization, a form of noc…

article 2026
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2026.06.012
review 2026
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2026.04.021

OBJECTIVE: Endometriosis is linked to an increased risk of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), especially clear cell and endometrioid subtypes. The extent and prognostic significance of this link are still not fully understood. This systematic…

preprint 2025
·doi:10.20944/preprints202501.1441.v1

Background/Objectives: Endometriosis affects up to 10% of women of reproductive age and about 47% of adolescents with pelvic pain. Symptoms include dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and chronic pelvic pain (CPP). Adolescents often present atypical…

2025
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) ·doi:10.3390/healthcare13050485

Introduction: Actinomyces are commensal bacteria that colonize various sites in the human body. Under certain predisposing conditions, they can proliferate and cause granulomatous inflammation in different tissues. Pelvic actinomycosis is a…

other 2022
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-021-06243-z

PURPOSE: To evaluate obstetric outcome in women with endometriosis who conceive naturally and receive standard obstetric care in Italy. METHODS: Cases were consecutive women with endometriosis managed in eleven Italian referral centers. Co…

review 2021
Minerva obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.23736/s2724-606x.21.04779-1

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects approximately 10% of women of reproductive age. Its clinical manifestations are highly heterogeneous, but pelvic pain is the most frequent, causing functional disabi…

article 2021
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.1080/09513590.2021.1892632

Objective Combined oral contraceptives (COC) and progestogens are widely used for the treatment of endometriosis. The objective of the study is to compare the efficacy of dienogest 2 mg vs continuous oral levonorgestrel/EE (levonorgestrel 0…

article 2021
International journal of environmental research and public health ·doi:10.3390/ijerph182010602

Endometriosis is a gynecological estrogen-dependent disease whose commonest pain symptoms are dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and acyclic chronic pelvic pain (CPP). Hormonal changes occurring during breastfeeding seem to reduce pain and disease …

article 2020
International journal of environmental research and public health ·doi:10.3390/ijerph17020401

Endometriosis may compromise the physiological course of pregnancy. The aim of this prospective observational study was to evaluate whether endometriosis causes a higher prevalence of obstetric and neonatal complications as well as a higher…

article 2020
Diagnostics ·doi:10.3390/diagnostics10050255

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a widespread multifactorial disease in which environmental, genetic, and epigenetic factors contribute to the phenotype. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in genes implicated in pivotal molecular mechanisms…

2019
Toxics ·doi:10.3390/toxics7010011

Preterm birth is an obstetric condition associated with a high risk of infant mortality and morbidities in both the neonatal period and later in life, which has also a significant public health impact because it carries an important societa…

article 2019
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology ·doi:10.1080/09513590.2019.1655727

The immune system seems to be involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. Peritoneal chronic inflammation is present and natural killer cells and macrophages abnormalities have been reported in women with the disease. Moreover, a higher …

article 2019
Journal of biological regulators and homeostatic agents

The protective effect of pregnancy on endometriosis is well known, but complications related to the pregnant state, such as hemoperitoneum, uroperitoneum and bowel perforation may occur.

article 2017
Journal of biological regulators and homeostatic agents

Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia (GT) is a rare bleeding syndrome characterized by deficiency or defect of platelet aggregation complex. The pathogenesis of endometriosis is controversial but the strongest evidence leans towards retrograde menstr…