Archives of gynecology and obstetrics

Cervical endometriosis is usually a retrospective finding on histology. We describe the diverse symptomatology of the disease, wherein a suspicion of diagnosis may be raised. A series of five patients with cervical endometriosis confirmed o…

Suppression of sex steroid production based on desensitisation and down-regulation of pituitary gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-receptors by agonistic GnRH-analogues resulting in the blockage of gonadotropin release from the anterior …

OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors for conversion to laparotomy during laparoscopic management of ectopic pregnancy. METHODS: A retrospective chart review of patients who underwent laparoscopy for treatment of ectopic pregnancy, during a …

OBJECTIVE: To compare serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and C-reactive protein (CRP) throughout the menstrual cycle in women with and without endometriosis and to quantify th…

A 58-year-old woman was diagnosed with endometrial carcinoma. Total hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and paraaortic and a pelvic lymph node dissection were performed. The cytology of peritoneal fluid was negative. There was no …

BACKGROUND: Few case reports describing endometriosis in patients with gonadal dysgenesis have been published, but none has reported the presence of adenomyosis in a patient with Turner's syndrome. CASE: A 31-year-old woman with mosaic Tur…

BACKGROUND: In endometriosis, angiogenesis is a crucial step for implantation of the exfoliates. A priori potential to induce angiogenesis by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression was compared in eutopic endometrium of patien…

OBJECTIVE: In the present study we compared the levels of CA-125, CA 19-9, and CA 15-3 in the peritoneal fluid (PF) of patients with and without endometriosis, then assessed the possibility of a correlation among these tumor markers. STUDY…

INTRODUCTION: Incarceration of the retroverted gravid uterus is rare, and it is difficult to make a diagnosis, and, therefore, difficult to treat. We present two cases of incarceration of the retroverted gravid uterus. CASE REPORT: Two pre…

BACKGROUND: A pregnancy complicated by ovarian endometrioma is rare. Other complications of ovarian endometrioma in pregnancy, i.e., rupture and infection are also rare. CASE: A 35-year-old woman, gravida 2, para 0-0-1-0, at 35 weeks' preg…

INTRODUCTION: Extrapelvic endometriosis is a rarely seen condition and it is occasionally presented to the general surgeons. It is often diagnosed incidentally. CASE REPORT: In this report we presented three cases of inguinal endometriosis…

CASE REPORT: An unusual case of retrorectal endometriosis is presented. This presented as an asymptomatic pelvic mass at the level of the pelvic floor not contiguous with the pelvis or peritoneal cavity. RESULT: It was successfully excised…

A 21-year-old woman presenting with low abdominal discomfort, dysmenorrhoea and pelvic mass was misdiagnosed as endometriosis. She had post-traumatic splenic rupture and laparotomy history. RESULTS. Pelvic splenosis was diagnosed at laparot…

INTRODUCTION: As a cytotoxic product of activated monocytes, macrophages, and lymphocytes, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)--together with other cytokines and growth factors--is an important component in the immune response of the hu…

OBJECTIVE: The objective was to evaluate the feasibility and complication rate of vaginal hysterectomy with or without adnexectomy in women with enlarged uteri and/or other considered contraindications to the vaginal route. STUDY DESIGN: O…

We studied fecundity and late sequelae of 39 women who had laparoscopic and microbiological sampling-proven acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) treated with the same antimicrobial regimen. The grade and etiology of index PID were classi…

CASE REPORT: This report describes an unusual case of large cystic uterine adenomyoma in a 48-year-old woman. Under the clinical diagnosis of ovarian cancer, she underwent hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Macroscopically, …

A rare case of acute abdomen syndrome due to a ruptured ovarian tumor and a penetrated fallopian tube is described. Based on the intraoperative finding and patient's age, a right-sided salpingo-oophorectomy, appendectomy and peritoneal wash…

INTRODUCTION: Perforation is a rare complication of intestinal endometriosis. We report on a 38-year-old patient with previously known rectovaginal and ileocecal endometriosis who was referred with an acute abdomen. CASE REPORT: On abdomin…

A 27-year-old woman with a periodically bleeding out of the umbilicus was found to have umbilical endometriosis. She was never pregnant before and had no pelvic surgery. The umbilical lesion was excised following a diagnostic laparoscopy re…

We report a case of acute disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) developed during menstruation in an adenomyosis patient. No known predisposing factor for DIC such as infection or pregnancy was involved in this case. As anticoagulatio…

Our case report describes a patient with clear cell fallopian tube carcinoma (histological grade 3; stage (FIGO): III c.) associated with an endometrial cyst of the tube wall.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and intrauterine insemination for infertility associated with endometriosis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A retrospective analysis of 260 patients with the only diagnosis …

Despite significant developments in medical and surgical approaches for treating endometriosis, the optimal therapy has yet to be established. The relationship between prevalence of fecundity and stage of endometriosis according to their ma…

Danazol, an inhibitor of pituitary gonadotropin with weak androgenic effect, is currently being used for the treatment of endometriosis. In contrast to other C17 alkylated anabolic steroids, it has been rarely associated with the occurrence…