Maria G Porpora

No ORCID on file · 6 papers in corpus · active 2012-2021

Study types

  • article 4
  • review 2

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 5
  • dysmenorrhea 4
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 4
  • infertility 2
  • dyspareunia 2
  • adenomyosis 2
  • die_deep_infiltrating 1
review 2021
Minerva obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.23736/s2724-606x.21.04779-1

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects approximately 10% of women of reproductive age. Its clinical manifestations are highly heterogeneous, but pelvic pain is the most frequent, causing functional disabi…

article 2021
Minerva obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.23736/s2724-606x.21.04866-1

Endometriosis is a chronic, benign, gynecological disorder characterized by the presence of ectopic \nendometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity, affecting up to 10% of women of reproductive age. Endometriosis is a complex and heterogene…

review 2021
Minerva obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.23736/S2724-606X.21.04782-1

INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis affects 10%-15% of women in reproductive age and may cause no-cyclic chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, urinary tract symptoms, and it is frequently associated with infertility. The peak of incidence…

article 2021
Minerva obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.23736/s2724-606x.21.04755-2

BACKGROUND: Adenomyosis has been considered for a long time a condition of advanced reproductive age. Recently, imaging techniques have allowed its diagnosis in young women. The aim of our study was to compare adenomyosis in early (18-35) a…

article 2021
Minerva obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.23736/s2724-606x.21.04864-8

Endometriosis and pelvic pain are associated. However, only half of the subtle and typical, and not all cystic and deep lesions are painful. The mechanism of the pain is explained by cyclical trauma and repair, an inflammatory reaction, act…

article 2012
Magnetic resonance imaging ·doi:10.1016/j.mri.2012.05.006