Kiyoko Kato

Clear cell carcinoma often arises from endometriosis, primarily from ovarian chocolate cysts and much less frequently from adenomyosis. We herein report a case of clear cell carcinoma arising from adenomyotic cyst in a 38-year-old woman, gr…

OBJECTIVE: One serious side effect of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) is venous thromboembolism. Reduced activity in activated protein C-related coagulation pathways is attributable to low protein S activity in one-third of Japanese pat…

We report the case of 23 year-old woman with OHVIRA syndrome (obstructed hemivagina and ipisilateral renal anomaly) discovered during management for right renal failure. Non-specific symptoms such as lower abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, and …

Müllerian mucinous borderline tumors (MMBTs) usually arise from the ovary. The present report is the first case of primary uterine MMBTs associated with adenomyosis. A 51-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for a complex cystic and …

Objective: To evaluate risk factors which are associated with recurrence of endometriotic cysts after cystectomy.Method: Fifty-seven patients who had a minimum of 6 months of observation after cystectomies for endometriotic cyst were studie…