Lan Zhu

No ORCID on file · 80 papers in corpus · active 2002-2026

Study types

  • article 52
  • other 10
  • review 5
  • case-report 3
  • book-chapter 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 62
  • adenomyosis 14
  • dysmenorrhea 11
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 9
  • endometrioma 8
  • infertility 6
  • dyspareunia 3
  • die_deep_infiltrating 2
  • bowel_endometriosis 1
book-chapter 2026
·doi:10.1007/978-981-19-6759-7_5
case-report 2026
Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU ·doi:10.1002/jcu.70074

We report a rare case of Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome accompanied by simultaneous adenomyosis and leiomyoma in rudimentary uterine remnants. A 35-year-old woman presented with progressive lower abdominal pain and underwent…

2025
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093959

IntroductionThe burden of gynaecological diseases is increasing globally, affecting women's health, quality of life and fertility. Improving the quality of gynaecological care will enhance patient recovery and improve outcomes of gynaecolog…

article 2025
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2025.07.386
other 2025
Journal of pediatric urology ·doi:10.1016/j.jpurol.2025.04.029

BACKGROUND: Obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal anomaly (OHVIRA) syndrome is a rare congenital genital tract anomaly that severely impacts quality of life and fertility in female adolescents. Most of the publications on OHVIRA have …

2025
Facts, views & vision in ObGyn ·doi:10.52054/fvvo.2025.62

BackgroundAccessory cavitated uterine malformations (ACUMs) are a rare obstructive uterine anomaly that remains poorly understood, posing challenges for clinical management. The aetiopathogenesis is hypothesised to involve the duplication a…

2025
mSystems ·doi:10.1128/msystems.00023-25

Single and multiple endometrial polyps (EP) are common gynecological conditions with differing recurrence rates, influencing clinical treatment decisions. This study aimed to characterize the reproductive tract microbiome in both subtypes t…

other 2025
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics ·doi:10.1007/s00404-025-08170-9

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to summarize and analyze the incidence, underlying causes and related risk factors of misdiagnosis in patients with Obstructed Hemivagina and Ipsilateral Renal Anomaly (OHVIRA) syndrome. METHODS: This is …

2025
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097807

ObjectivesTo estimate the prevalence of urinary incontinence (UI) and its subtypes among nulliparous Chinese women with associated risk factors. The prevalence of UI among those living in urban or rural communities was also analysed with po…

review 2025
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology ·doi:10.3389/fcimb.2025.1519690

Female health and the microbiota of the reproductive tract are closely associated. The research scope on reproductive tract microbiota extends from the vaginal to the upper reproductive tract and from infectious diseases to various benign a…

article 2025
·doi:10.1016/j.lanogw.2025.100032
other 2025
Signal transduction and targeted therapy ·doi:10.1038/s41392-025-02339-z

Adenomyosis is a complex gynecological disease characterized by endometrial tissue invasion into the myometrium. Current interventions, such as hormonal therapy or hysterectomy, are associated with significant side effects and compromise fe…

article 2024
Insights into imaging ·doi:10.1186/s13244-024-01708-6

OBJECTIVES: To develop an innovative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based PUMCH (Peking Union Medical College Hospital) classification system aimed at standardising the diagnosis of congenital cervical malformations (CCMs) by identifying …

other 2024
Clinical and translational medicine ·doi:10.1002/ctm2.1809
article 2022
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/s12958-022-00914-5

BACKGROUND: Uterine adenomyosis is a common gynecologic disease in premenopausal women, the pathological mechanism of which remains largely unknown. The aim of this study was to identify metabolic biomarkers significantly altered in the myo…

article 2021
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000520593

Objective: This study aimed to determine the clinical features of Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome patients with functional uterine remnants and endometriosis in a large cohort of Chinese patients. Design: This was a retrospec…

review 2021
Organogenesis ·doi:10.1080/15476278.2021.1905477

Labial minora fusion persisting to the reproductive age is a rare type of labial fusion. Only 17 sporadic case-reports have been published to describe this disease. We report a retrospective cohort study of nine patients undergone surgical …

article 2021
·doi:10.1360/ssv-2021-0195
article 2020
Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2020.06.021

Study objectiveEndometriosis is the most common cause of secondary dysmenorrhea among adolescents. Data on postoperative symptoms of the disease in adolescents are limited. In this study we aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and…

2020
BioMed research international ·doi:10.1155/2020/6808409

ObjectiveTo elucidate the characteristics of symptomatic attack of rudimentary uteri in MRKH syndrome and highlight the rare and unexpected possibilities.MethodsA cohort of 202 Chinese MRKH syndrome patients admitted to the Peking Union Med…

2020
·doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-30454/v1
case-report 2020
Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2019.12.003

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of pelvic abscess after cervicovaginal canalization for congenital cervical and vaginal agenesis. CASES: Four patients who had pelvic abscess after cervicovaginal canaliza…

other 2019
Journal of pain research ·doi:10.2147/JPR.S212117

PURPOSE: Our study aims to investigate the distribution of pain symptoms and the association between pain symptoms and clinical parameters in patients with adenomyosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The clinical and pathological data of 291 patien…

article 2019
Medicine ·doi:10.1097/md.0000000000015741

RATIONALE: The purpose of this case report was to raise awareness regarding endometriosis on the surface of the uterus mimicking malignant tumor and thus manage it accurately. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 40-year-old Asian woman with a 2-year histor…

article 2019
Chinese medical journal ·doi:10.1097/cm9.0000000000000195

To the Editor: Endometriosis refers to the endometrial tissue (interstitial substance and gland) with growth function occurring in the uterine lining of uterine cavity and the places outside myometrium. It often leads to pain, infertility, …