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Symptomatic renal cysts are not uncommon and can be treated by puncture, sclerotherapy, or laparoscopic fenestration. We report the case of a female patient in whom the diagnosis of a supposedly simple symptomatic renal cyst changed over en…

To investigate the role of the nerve growth factor (NGF) in the endometriosis-associated innervation in the development of endometriosis-associated symptoms, 41 peritoneal fluid samples (PF) from patients with surgically and histologically …

ObjectiveTo investigate the frequency of endometriotic lesions and disseminated endometriotic-like cells in a series of incidentally removed lymph nodes (LNs) in patients with endometriosis.DesignRetrospective study.SettingUniversity hospit…

BACKGROUND: Deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) shows similarities to malignant diseases. A recent study involving DIE patients found endometriosis in mesorectal lymph nodes (LNs) after segmental bowel resection. However, it is unclear wh…

OBJECTIVE: To describe a new surgical approach to rectovaginal endometriosis. Rectovaginal endometriosis can be infiltrative or superficial involving the bowel. Only infiltrative disease should be treated by intestinal resection. However, i…

BackgroundA new combined vaginal-laparoscopic-abdominal approach for rectovaginal endometriosis allows intraoperative digital bowel palpation to assess bowel infiltration and prevents unnecessary bowel resections. This technique was compare…

AIM: We present our experience with diagnosing and treating 22 cases of urinary tract endometriosis in women of reproductive age. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From January 2001 to January 2003, 22 women of reproductive age (mean age 34.8 years) w…

Chronic pancreatitis represents an inflammatory disease of the pancreas with progressive fibrotic destruction of the gland. The disease is characterized by abdominal pain, exocrine and endocrine insufficiency. Morphological alterations of t…

BACKGROUND: We aimed to evaluate the microscopic extent of endometriosis in surgical en-bloc specimens of vaginal skin, rectovaginal septum, cul-de-sac, and part of the rectosigmoid bowel. METHODS: From December, 1997 to October, 2001, 50 p…

BACKGROUND: We wanted to establish a technique of laparoscopically assisted radical vaginal surgery for deep endometriosis of the rectovaginal septum with extensive rectal involvement. TECHNIQUE: The procedure is started by vaginally excisi…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the validity of Doppler flow sonography for the prediction of malignancy in adnexal masses and to compare the results with two-dimensional ultrasonographic examination and CA 125 levels. METHODS: In a cross-sectional s…

Four cases of colonic endometriosis are reported. Three of them had combined treatment: surgical resection followed by hormonal therapy. The remaining one, just pharmacological treatment. The results were considered satisfactory. The author…