A large adenomyotic cyst is a rare variant of adenomyosis with a benign prognosis. A 72-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of a pelvic mass. A pelvic computed tomography (CT) was performed, which showed a large cystic mass measuring…
Objective: This study was designed to compare the effects of laparoscopic total hysterectomy and laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy on female sexual quality. Methods: A Prospective observational study over 6 months was performed. Ninet…
Objective: To evaluate the relationship between advanced stage endometriosis and polymorphisms in 慣2-Heremans Schmidt glycoprotein (AHSG) gene in Korean women. Methods: One-hundred thirty women with endometriosis stage III and IV, and 224 w…
Objective: To explore the association of p53 codon 72 polymorphism with endometriosis. \n\nMethods: Two hundred seventy-one women with surgically or histologically diagnosed edometriosis of stage I-IV, and 219 patients with no evidence of e…
PROBLEM: We investigated the association of COX -2 gene-765G/C polymorphism and risk of advanced-stage endometriosis in Korean women.\n\nMETHOD OF STUDY: This study consisted of 268 women with advanced-stage endometriosis and 242 control wo…
BACKGROUND: Recently, proteomic technologies have demonstrated that several proteins are differently expressed in various body fluids of patients with endometriosis compared with those without this condition. The aim of this study was to in…