Archives of gynecology and obstetrics

BACKGROUND: Small cell carcinoma of the endometrium is a rare disease entity characterized by bulkiness and predisposition to necrosis. Clinical presentations include postmenopausal bleeding, lower abdominal mass, chronic abdominal pain and…

Persistent endometriosis after total hysterectomy and both salpingo-oophorectomy (TH with BSO) is a rare condition and the etiology is uncertain. The exact incidence of persistent endometriosis after definitive surgery is not known. In addi…

In a preliminary study the hypothesis was tested that cytokine profiles in peripheral blood were higher in women with deep infiltrating endometriosis and cytokine profiles in peritoneal fluid were higher in women with superficial endometrio…

Endometriosis of surgical scar is a rare late complication of cesarean section. 3 cases of endometriosis after Pfannenstiel-type laparotomy are reported. The typical surgical presentation, present in all 3 cases, is a nodule on laparotomy s…

In a woman with infertility and an endometrial polyp, we analyzed the nucleotide sequence of the beta-subunit of her luteinizing hormone which showed anomalous immunogenecity in that it was recognized by time resolved-fluoroimmunoassay but …

A case of unicornuate uterus with cavitary non-communicating hypertrophic rudimentary horn which was missed in previous surgeries is presented. Condition led to severe endometriosis. Patient was managed by hysteroscopic and laparoscopic gui…

Pulmonary lesions and ureter involvement are rare complications of endometriosis. We describe the first case with an involvement of both sites in this condition. The radiographs showed "pulmonary metastases" together with clinical findings …

We report a 27-year-old female with Crohn's disease clinically misdiagnosed with intestinal endometriosis. Her complaints were abdominal pain and fullness, which occurred monthly during her menstrual period. Although we had no histopatholog…

The aim of this study was to use normal immunocompetent mice to set up a model for endometriosis which allowed to study the dynamic aspects involved in initiation and progression of the disease. Thirty mice were surgically transplanted with…

A 34 year-old female presented with blood-stained pleural effusion and ascites. Investigation revealed a pelvic mass. She underwent exploratory laparotomy, and was found to have endometriosis. Total abdominal hysterectomy and right salpingo…

Unicornuate uterus with a rudimentary horn is a rare müllerian anomaly. We report a case of a unicornuate uterus with adenomyosis in a laterally dislocated rudimentary horn, which showed a functioning endometrial islands, with associated ip…

A patient is reported, who suffered from ovarian abscess after ovarian puncture of a functional ovarian cyst. The cyst has developed after administration of a GnRH agonist depot preparation in the preceeding luteal phase. She was planned to…

We reviewed 1246 vaginal hysterectomies performed at Handa City Hospital between January 1984 and December 1996. We divided the patients into 2 groups: those with leiomyomas (n = 893) and those with adenomyosis (n = 353). There was no diffe…

105 adolescent girls with mean age of 17.3 (11-19) years had laparoscopy/pelviscopy between 1996 and 1997. In 37 cases, endometriosis was diagnosed (35.2%). The majority of the girls (32.4%) presented with endoscopic endometriosis classific…

The aim of this study was to elucidate whether peritoneal macrophage (pMO) alterations are a generalized feature in all stages of endometriosis and the effect of hormonal treatment on this leukocyte population. For this purpose we quantifie…

The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the mitogenic effect of peritoneal fluid (PF) from women with mild and severe endometriosis on the endometrial stromal cell proliferation. Increasing concentrations of PF from women with and…

BACKGROUND: This study was performed to test the hypothesis that endometriosis undergoes regression during pregnancy. METHODS: This study was performed on 11 baboons with histologically proven endometriosis, housed at the Institute of Prim…

This study was performed to document for the first time peritoneal fluid volumes and steroid hormone levels in baboons with and without endometriosis. A laparoscopy was carried out in 19 female baboons (11 with a normal pelvis and 8 with hi…

A thirty four year old woman with recurrent catamenial pneumothorax is described. Pleural endometriosis was suspected and cytologic examination of fluid drained from the right pleural cavity showed glandular cell clusters of probable endome…

30 formalin-fixed and paraffin embedded and 20 fresh frozen samples of endometriotic tissue were analysed immunohistochemically for the concentration of estrogen and progesterone receptors. In the formalin-fixed and paraffin embedded group …

The aim of this study was to verify to what extent danazol alters cell-mediated immunity. To this end, cell-mediated immunity was studied in 10 infertile patients with endometriosis and in 10 normal controls. Nonspecific parameters studied …

Leucocyte subpopulations localized in endometriotic lesions were analysed using the avidin-biotin immunoperoxidase technique on 15 biopsies obtained by CO2 laser excision. Qualitative assessment of the leucocyte subpopulations was performed…

We received data of 144 patients, who had been operated upon in the 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Vienna because of persisting sonographically detected "simple" adnexal cysts. Only 3 cysts were malignant (one of them border…