IntroductionMultidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT) provides clinically and surgically important information in bowel obstruction. It can depict the severity, level and cause of obstruction.AimTo depict the spectrum of MDCT findings in cas…
Endometriosis is a common disorder that causes significant morbidity from dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain, and subfertility. Establishment of a definitive diagnosis has important therapeutic implications; however, only approximately 50% of biopsi…
Gene products estrogen receptor alpha, progesterone receptor-A, retinoid X receptor alpha, insulin-like growth factor-II, insulin-like growth factor I receptor beta, platelet-derived growth factor, epithelial growth factor receptor, and BCL…
ObjectiveTo use tissue microarray in combination with dendrogram cluster analysis to characterize some potential tumorigenic factors in association with tumor size and sex steroid hormone status in uterine leiomyomata.DesignExpression analy…
Uterine prolapse is a benign and common condition, especially in older women. In this study, we investigated the frequency and implications of incidental findings in uteri removed for prolapse. We found a high frequency of incidental findin…
To the Editor: I read with interest the recent article by Nakayama et al. describing focal p53 expression in endometriotic lesions (1). I have occasionally observed endogenous biotin expression in endometriotic lesions (personal observation…
BackgroundMüllerianadenosarcoma is a rare pelvic malignancy that most commonly arises from the endometrium. These tumors are relatively insensitive to chemotherapy and radiation and are primarily treated by surgical resection. We report a c…
Endometrial stromal sarcoma of the uterus (ESS) is a rare lesion that can cause diagnostic difficulty especially when it presents with unusual histologic features such as diffuse endometrioid glandular differentiation. Only three such cases…