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- article 24
- review 3
- case-report 2
- other 2
- book-chapter 1
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- endometriosis 26
- mesh:D004715 19
- adenomyosis 4
- infertility 2
- endometrioma 1
- die_deep_infiltrating 1
- bladder_endometriosis 1
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review
2022
AIM: Histopathologic diagnosis of a subset of uterine smooth muscle tumors is challenging. We report a critical review regarding the clinicopathological point of view of 62 cases of subsequently recurred or metastasized leiomyoma. METHODS:…
article
2021
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease. Endometriotic cysts contain hemoglobin (Hb) and infiltrated macrophages, indicating that the metabolism of Hb by macrophages may play an important role in the inflammation of endometriotic cy…
other
2021
AIM: We aimed to describe the clinical presentation, operative or medical management, and postoperative recurrence of bladder endometriosis (BE). METHODS: We conducted a national survey to investigate BE cases from 2006 to 2016 in Japan. H…
article
2020
AIM: Endometriosis mostly affects the ovary but can also be present outside of the ovary including the pelvic peritoneum, intestine, urinary tract and lung. In case of ovarian endometriotic cyst, an increased risk of ovarian cancer, especia…
article
2020
The aim of this publication is to disseminate the clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of intestinal, bladder/ureteral, thoracic and umbilical endometriosis, already published in Japanese, to non-Japanese speakers. For developing …
article
2019
article
2019
article
2018
•A patient had endometrioid adenocarcinoma arising from endometriosis in the canal of Nuck.•The tumor invaded muscles in the inguinal region.•She showed favorable prognosis by radical surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy.
article
2017
article
2017
Endometriosis can affect any portion of the gastrointestinal tract. A preoperative definitive diagnosis of intestinal endometriosis is difficult, because there is no characteristic endoscopic finding and the endoscopic biopsies usually samp…
case-report
2017
A 40-year-old woman experiencing sudden dyspnea went to her personal doctor for advice. She was previously diagnosed with endometriosis and prescribed oral contraceptives for treatment. During earthquakes, she spent 7 nights sleeping in a v…
article
2017
INTRODUCTION: Although endometriosis is a benign disease, it shares some features with cancers, such as invasiveness and the potential to metastasize. This study sought to investigate the epithelial-mesenchymal transition status in human en…
other
2015
Ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA) has been believed to be a lethal histological subtype of an epithelial ovarian adenocarcinoma (EOA); its precursor has been assumed to be endometriosis. However, it has been reported that CCAs occasio…
article
2015
OBJECTIVE: As the number of younger women with endometrial carcinoma has increased, fertility-sparing treatments have received more attention. Although there have been several reports on conservative treatments with progestins for endometri…
book-chapter
2014
article
2014
腹水中には様々な種類の細胞が存在し，腹腔内環境を形成している。その中でもマクロファージは免疫機構の中心的役割を担い，微小環境の変化によってM1マクロファージとM2マクロファージに分化することが示されている。子宮内膜症患者では腹腔マクロファージが増加・活性化し，その発生や進展に関与すると考えられている。また，子宮内膜症が経卵管性に逆流する月経血に暴露される骨盤内に好発することから，月経血に含まれる子宮内膜組織がその発生に不可欠と考えられている。しかし，これまで腹腔マクロファージ…
article
2013
article
2012
BACKGROUND: Endometriotic cells display invasive characteristics, despite their benign histological appearance. Recently, the epithelial-mesenchymal transition, in which epithelial cells acquire mesenchymal and migratory properties, has att…
review
2010
article
2008
case-report
2008
There are several case reports of adenocarcinomas developing within adenomyosis. However, there is no report demonstrating the natural course from adenomyosis to adenocarcinoma. We report a patient (a 41-year-old Japanese woman) who was obs…
review
2006
The surface epithelial cells of the ovary, which are modified peritoneal cells, form a single, focally pseudostratified layer. The Müllerian ducts differentiate after invagination of the coelomic mesothelium over the gonadal ridges during t…
article
2005
The human ovarian surface epithelium (hOSE) is a single layer of mesothelial-type primitive epithelial cells that are potential estrogen targets. It has been reported that hOSE cells can produce estrogen. However, the mechanisms that regula…
article
2004
OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to compare T2-weighted and contrast-enhanced dynamic T1-weighted images with histologic findings in assessing the depth of myometrial invasion by endometrial carcinoma in adenomyosis. MATERIALS AND METHOD…
article
2003