ImportanceIncreased use of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC; intrauterine devices [IUDs] and implants) has likely contributed to declining US teenage pregnancy and birth rates, yet sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates among …
To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Agrawal et al. (1) entitled, “Intramedullary Endometriosis of the Conus Medullaris: Case Report.” In particular, we wish to comment on the pathogenesis of intramedullary endometriosi…
Müllerianosis may be defined as an organoid structure of embryonic origin; a choristoma composed of müllerian rests--normal endometrium, normal endosalpinx, and normal endocervix--singly or in combination, incorporated within other normal o…
Study objectiveTo assess health and fertility status among women after surgical treatment of endometriosis.DesignProspective study.SettingCommunity-based gynecologic specialty practice.PatientsTwo hundred ninety women with newly diagnosed e…
We suggest that müllerianosis is a distinct form of endometriosis, separate in its pathogenesis from transplantation endometriosis of lymphatic, hematogenous, transtubal, or iatrogenic origin, and also distinct from endometriosis of coelomi…
A novel presentation of endometriosis is described in which the lesion is identified within the brim or floor of peritoneal pockets located within a crescentic band in the posterior pelvis. The predictability of these peritoneal pockets and…
Active folic acid degradation with the formation pterin-6-aldehyde is a previously undescribed characteristic of cancer cells in tissue culture. Neither normal adult epithelial and fibroblastic cells nor human amniotic cells nor mouse embry…