Journal of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Disorders
J Endometr Pelvic Pain Disord
· ISSN (print) 2284-0265
· ISSN (e) 2284-0273
· 17 papers in corpus
other
2024
OBJECTIVE: To determine what symptom differences are prevalent in patients with differing ages of endometriosis symptom onset. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We obtained clinical and demographic data from 1560 individuals with suspected pelvic cond…
other
2021
PROBLEM: Perturbations in T-helper lymphocyte profiles have previously been associated with endometriosis related subfertility and conception failure. Hence a retrospective in vitro study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between T…
2021
Background: MRI of the pelvis can be limited for infiltrating lesions or those of same signal intensity as surrounding structures. Vaginal distension using aqueous gel counters this by defining the fornices, cervix and anterior rectal wall.…
other
2020
OBJECTIVE: Angiotensin-converting-enzyme 2 (ACE2), the cell surface receptor for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is found in a variety of reproductive tissues. The present study evaluated whether uterine fibroi…
case-report
2020
Introduction: Splenic parenchymal endometriosis has never been described to date. We report here the case of real parenchymal endometriosis of the spleen. Case description: In this case, a 54-year-old female patient presented a histological…
case-report
2018
Introduction: To elicit key clinical lessons from an extreme case of endometriosis associated with massive ascites and a review of the literature. Methods: We report one of the most extreme cases of massive ascites caused by endometriosis. …
observational
2018
INTRODUCTION: The Endometriosis Health Profile-30 is a disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure of health-related quality of life. Cross-cultural validation of the Endometriosis Health Profile-30 has been performed for several tran…
meta-analysis
2018
Background: Many observational services have been conducted to evaluate the risk factors of low birth weight, but the results showed no consistency. Therefore, we conducted this meta-analysis to investigate the association between endometri…
lab-animal
2017
INTRODUCTION: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory gynecological disorder that causes pelvic pain. Due to the heterogeneity of the disease, response to any treatment in an individual is variable. We aimed to develop in vitro testing that…
review
2016
Surgical management of endometriosis has been shown to improve dysmenorrhea at all disease stages and is recommended in severe disease for treatment of infertility. Deeply infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) produces thick inflammatory tissue …
observational
2015
PURPOSE: To describe lifetime differences in clinical characteristics of women with endometriosis between the USA and Puerto Rico. METHODS: A descriptive study using self-administered demographic and clinical questionnaires was undertaken.…
case-report
2015
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) may be associated with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The standard treatment for CLL-associated ITP is steroids. For refractory cases, various treatment strategies such as rituximab, splenectomy, and throm…
2015
many surgeons are considering any opportunity for medical treatment as a possible alternative and effective solution (8). Why? In our opinion and looking at the literature, there are different points to be addressed to better understand if …
observational
2015
Background Endometriosis is one of the most common benign gynecological diseases, causing pain and infertility in women of reproductive age. The etiology of the disorder is complex but probably involves the interaction of several environmen…
lab-animal
2015
BACKGROUND: Symptoms of endometriosis, such as pain and infertility, are considered significant sources of stress. In many chronic conditions, exercise can act as a stress buffer and influence pain perception. We tested the impact of swimmi…
observational
2014
BACKGROUND: Dysfunctional immune response may be implicated in endometriosis pathogenesis, and dendritic cells (DC) may play greater roles in this response than previously recognized. This study set out to evaluate peripheral blood and endo…
rct
2013
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to estimate the efficacy of elagolix, an oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist, for the treatment of endometriosis-associated pelvic pain. METHODS: This was a phase II, randomized, place…