I Miyakawa

The diagnosis of ureteral obstruction caused by endometriosis can be difficult. We present a 51-year-old multiparous Japanese women who had undergone right salpingo-oophorectomy at the age of 19 years. She underwent total hysterectomy, left…

In spite of many references to carcinoma arising from endometriosis at extrauterine sites, there are few documented cases of carcinoma developing in association with adenomyosis. We present 2 rare cases of adenocarcinoma arising from adenom…

Using immunohistochemical techniques, we studied the expression of c-erb B-2 in normal human endometrial tissue (n = 8), endometriosis interna (adenomyosis) (n = 8) and endometriosis externa (endometriotic cyst of the ovary) (n = 6). The gl…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the potential role of prostaglandins (PGs) in tubal function in endometriosis. SUBJECTS: Fallopian tubes were obtained from 36 women undergoing abdominal total hysterectomy. METHODS: PG production of the human fall…

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the epithelium of an endometriotic lesion has eutopic endometrial glandular epithelium morphology or not for the histogenesis of endometriosis. METHOD: Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of the endometrium wa…