(1) Background: Currently, an increasing number of women postpone pregnancy beyond the age of 35. Gynecological cancers affect a significant proportion of women of reproductive age, necessitating the development of fertility preservation me…
Endometrial polyps (EPs) are a frequent gynecological condition. EPs often arise in the common womanly patients and are appraised to be about 25%. Advancing age, hyperestrogenism, hypertension, and Tamoxifen use are acknowledged as ordinary…
Throughout the history of medicine, a wide range of terms has attempted to define normal menstruation and abnormal uterine bleeding in relation to its various etiologies. Over time, terminological variations have hampered the documentation …
Adenomyosis is defined by the presence of ectopic endometrial glands and stroma inside the myometrium. Definite diagnosis is made only on hysterectomy specimens, but all the progress in modern imaging techniques has increased the paraclinic…
Prelabor preterm rupture of the membranes (PPROM) refers to the rupture of the membranes before 37 weeks, but also before the onset of labor. Approximately 3% of pregnancies are complicated by PPROM, which is an important cause of neonatal …
Endometriomas represent a common finding among women at fertile age and usually associated with pelvic pain, infertility, heavy menstrual periods and dyspareunia. For a long period of time surgical resection has been considered the golden s…
Uterine adenomyosis is defined by the presence of heterotopic endometrial glands and stroma at the myometrial level. Although imagistic studies improved, the incidence of adenomyosis is still underestimated, in a significant number of cases…
Abnormal uterine bleeding is probably the most frequent gynecological issue that leads women to a consult with a subsequent ultrasound. Transvaginal ultrasonographic evaluation represents the most sensitive method of endometrial evaluation,…
The human endometrium is a highly regenerative organ undergoing over 400 cycles of shedding and regeneration over a woman’s lifetime. This massive regenerative capacity is thought to have a stem cell basis, with human endometrial stromal st…
Endometriosis is an important public health issues concerning women of reproductive age due to its debilitating painful symptoms. Deep infiltrating endometriosis is the severe form, involving uterosacral ligaments, rectum, bowel and bladder…
The IETA group, formed in 2008 in Chicago, at the World Congress of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, published in 2010 an agreement on the terms, definitions and standard measurements necessary for describing the endometrium and the…
The IETA group, formed in 2008 in Chicago, at the World Congress of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, published in 2010 an agreement on the terms, definitions and standard measurements necessary for describing the endometrium and the…
Paraovarian cysts are a rare pathology, constituting 10-20% of the adnexal masses. The origin can be represented by paramesonephric ducts (Hydatid cysts of Morgagni), vestiges of mesonephric ducts also represented by mesothelium, or neoplas…