American journal of obstetrics and gynecology

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to evaluate monocyte chemotactic protein-1 in the peripheral blood of women with and without endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: Fifty-seven patients with endometriosis at laparoscopy done for infertility and pelvic pai…

Very unusual lumbosacral plexopathy, symptoms appearing after an uncomplicated abdominal hysterectomy prompted a review of the literature. The patient's symptoms spanned the somatic and autonomic systems and ranged from T-11 to S-4; a cause…

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to compare office hysteroscopy with transvaginal ultrasonography for diagnosing intrauterine pathologic disorders in patients with excessive uterine bleeding, with specimens obtained from either hysterectomy or op…

OBJECTIVE: Ovarian remnant syndrome has become increasingly recognized as a cause of pelvic pain after extirpative surgery. The purpose of this review was to compare our patient population with those reported in the literature, as well as t…

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to evaluate the effect of peritoneal fluid from women with endometriosis on sperm motility and function in an in vitro model. STUDY DESIGN: Peritoneal fluid was collected at laparoscopy from patients with and wit…

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to examine RU 486 and related compounds on macrophage scavenger receptors and cellular adhesion. STUDY DESIGN: THP-1 cells were activated with phorbol myristate acetate and treated with dexamethasone, levonorgest…

OBJECTIVES: Our purpose was to examine the pattern of integrin and cadherin expression in the normal human uterus and uterine leiomyomas. STUDY DESIGN: Nonpathologic myometrium and endometrium and uterine leiomyoma tissues were collected d…

OBJECTIVES: We describe transvaginal ultrasonographic evaluation of 663 premenopausal women with signs or symptoms of gynecologic problems and compare the findings of transvaginal ultrasonography with those of antecedent bimanual examinatio…

Splenosis represents the autotransplantation of splenic tissue after splenic trauma or surgery. Characterized by bluish implants diffusely scattered throughout the peritoneal cavity, splenosis is frequently mistaken for endometriosis. A 19-…

OBJECTIVE: We determined the diagnostic value of transvaginal ultrasonography for endometrial and intrauterine abnormalities in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding. STUDY DESIGN: Between June 1, 1992, and June 1, 1993, 279 consecutive …

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to determine whether beta 2-glycoprotein I-dependent anticardiolipin antibodies may represent a superior marker of reproductive risk than do conventional antiphospholipid antibodies. STUDY DESIGN: The incidence o…

OBJECTIVE: Local secretion of chemotactic factors could contribute to the attraction of macrophages into the peritoneal cavity of women with endometriosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ability of endometriotic cells to p…

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to investigate the effects of nafarelin on bone turnover and mass (bone mineral density, in grams per square centimeter) in women with endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: We monitored 22 young women with endometriosis d…

OBJECTIVES: Although the physiologic and pathologic roles of endothelin-1 in reproduction have been investigated, little is known about human uterine tissue levels. We studied the levels of immunoreactive endothelin-1 and immunoreactive big…

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to examine the immunohistochemical properties of epithelial cells in peritoneal fluid and to compare the staining characteristics with cells of endometrium, menstrual effluent, peritoneum, and endometriotic lesion…

OBJECTIVE: The Sampson hypothesis of retrograde menstruation as a cause of endometriosis was tested by determining the effect of intrapelvic injection of menstrual versus luteal endometrium on the incidence, peritoneal involvement, and stag…

Two patients with clinical complications of endometriosis mimicking stage IV epithelial ovarian cancer are described. One had bilateral pleural effusions, ascites, and a serum CA 125 level of 440 U/ml. The other had a right-sided pleural ef…

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to determine the effects of platelet-derived growth factor on the proliferation of endometrial epithelial cells. Platelet-derived growth factor and its receptors have been identified in the endometrium, and platel…

A 32-year-old-woman with a history of endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain had left-sided pain and ultrasonographic documentation of a left pelvic complex cyst approximately 5 cm in diameter. Laparotomy revealed a left retroperitoneal cyst…

OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to define the nature of acute vaginal bleeding problems in women undergoing liver transplantation and to determine the efficacy of treatments given. STUDY DESIGN: We performed a retrospective chart review of 24 pati…