IMPORTANCE: Myofascial pelvic pain (MPP) is an under-treated etiology of pelvic pain, presenting with pelvic floor tender points and/or increased tension. While limited data support off-label use of pelvic floor botulinum toxin (BTA) inject…
Endometriosis is ectopic growth of endometrial tissue traditionally thought to arise through retrograde menstruation. We aimed to determine if cells derived from endometriosis could enter vascular circulation and lead to hematogenous dissem…
Endometriosis is a common condition in reproductive-aged women characterized by ectopic endometrial lesions of varied appearance, including red, white, blue, black or powder burn coloration, which contribute to chronic pain and infertility.…
// Elham N. Samani 1 , Ramanaiah Mamillapalli 1 , Fei Li 1 , Levent Mutlu 1 , Demetra Hufnagel 1 , Graciela Krikun 1 and Hugh S. Taylor 1 1 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, Connecticut…
Human endometrium is a dynamic organ that normally undergoes repetitive cyclic regeneration. To enable this rapid regeneration, it is not surprising that the endometrium contains a reservoir of progenitor stem cells. However, this pool of c…