Maria J. Merino

ObjectiveTo determine whether the use of CD10 immunohistochemistry in addition to hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining would increase the sensitivity of surgically suspected endometriosis lesions.DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingTert…

ObjectiveTo evaluate the utility of fat-suppressed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis of endometriosis.DesignA prospective clinical trial.SettingA government research hospital.Patient(s)Forty-eight women with pelvic pain.Inte…

ObjectiveTo correlate the diagnosis of endometriosis in lesions excised at laparoscopy with pathologic diagnosis.DesignProspective study.SettingU.S. government research hospital.Patient(s)Women with chronic pelvic pain thought to be due to …

ObjectiveTo investigate changes in menstrual cycle hormones and endometrial maturation that may contribute to the decline in fertility with aging.DesignProspective controlled clinical study.SettingNormal human volunteers in an academic rese…

A 20-year-old woman presented with a 3-year history of intermittent focal headaches and a generalized seizure. Computerized tomography demonstrated a hypodense ring-enhancing cystic right parietal lobe lesion. At operation, a chocolate-colo…

primary adenocarcinoma of the vagina arising in endometriosis is extremely rare. We present here the fifth case in the literature and the only one in which long-term follow-up is available. The patient was managed with intravaginal and exte…

Five patients with catamenial pneumothorax are reported, four of whom had proven diaphragmatic defects. Two had microscopic diaphragmatic endometrial implants in the area of the defects. No specimen was obtained in two others. A fifth patie…