Danazol was given to 16 patients with endometriosis in daily doses of 200 to 400mg for 4 to 6 months, and the change in serum lipids and lipoproteins was analysed. Danazol decreased total cholesterol by an average of 22%, triglycerides by 5…
In order to evaluate the antitumor effect of oral antitumor agents on gynecological malignant tumors, experimental studies were carried out using nude mice which had received implants of human endometrial carcinoma. The agents used for the …
Granulosa cell tumors derived from sexcord-stromal cells are thought to be generally estrogen producing neoplasms. However recent reports show that these common epithelial tumors, adenocarcinomas and Brenner tumors, are capable of estrogen …
The relationship between classifications (Beecham, Acosta, Sugimoto, AFS and private plan) and chances of subsequent gestation was studied on 26 patients with laparoscopically diagnosed endometriosis. The success in conception was judged on…
The clomiphene or hMG to stimulate ovarian follicle maturation which we call "controlled ovarian stimulation (COS)", in vitro capacitation (IVC) of spermatozoa and artificial insemination of husband's sperm (AIH) were simultaneously given t…
Fifty-six women with endometriosis were examined for cul-de-sac endometriosis by ultrasonography and laparoscopy. Ultrasonographic cul-de-sac findings were classified into 3 groups; i.e. Group A (n = 21): no remarkable findings, Group B (n …
We investigated the usefulness of the measurement of serum CA125 levels for the diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of endometriosis. An additional study concentrated on the production of CA125. 1. Elevated levels of serum CA125 were noted…
A case of two tumors arising in an endometriotic cyst of the ovary is described. These two tumors are macroscopically polypous and are histologically a clear cell carcinoma and an endometrioid carcinoma, respectively. This is a rare neoplas…
To evaluate whether elevated serum CA125 levels have specificity to ovarian malignancies, CA125 levels were measured in sera of 48 malignancies, 56 benign diseases and 40 healthy women. Furthermore serum CA125 levels were serially followed …
One hundred and forty-five patients with confirmed endometrial carcinoma treated at Kumamoto University Hospital were studied from the clinicopathological point of view. As risk factors, the incidence of high age, postmenopause, atypical ge…
Conservative surgery was used in the treatment of 95 infertile patients with endometriosis who desired to have a child; of these 95 patients, 44 (46.3%) became pregnant after treatment. We studied the postoperative pregnancy rate and the ex…
A drawback in ultrasonography, an indispensable technique in imaging ovarian malignancies, is that it sometimes shows false positive for benign tumors including dermoid cyst and ovarian endometriosis. To overcome this, the concurrent use of…
Human endometrium, endometrial hyperplasia and endometrial carcinoma were observed by light microscope. Endometrial carcinoma was histologically divided into Grade I (53 cases), Grade II (10 cases), and Grade III (7 cases). According to the…
The localization of peptide hormones and serotonin in ovarian mucinous and endometrioid tumors with argyrophil cells was examined by immunohistochemistry. All of the 15 mucinous tumors had argyrophil cells which resemble the enterochromaffi…
In twenty two sterile women, endometriosis externa were diagnosed and classified laparoscopically. Classifying the severity of endometriosis by Beecham's and/or Sugimoto's classification, 17 cases were declared mild and only 5 cases severe …
An attempt was made to elucidate the relationship between the progestational activities and antitumor effects of various steroid hormones in vitro and in vivo. The established cell line (Ishikawa cells) of a human endometrial adenocarcinoma…
CA125 is a new unique tumor marker for epithelial ovarian cancer, and its clinical use has recently increased considerably. We have periodically monitored 14 cases of ovarian cancer (7 cases of serous cystadenocarcinoma, 4 cases of clear ce…
Thirteen women with chief complaints of menorrhagia and metrorrhagia underwent transcervical resection (TCR) of pedunculated submucous myoma using either an operating hysteroscope or urologic resectoscope. Eight women received TCR with a ur…
An accurate preoperative diagnosis of uterine adenomyosis is often difficult. We reviewed our experience with ultrasound evaluation of this pathological entity. Patients with histologically proven adenomyosis were studied to determine the u…
CA125 antigen levels were measured in patients with ovarian cancer (54 cases) by the RIA method using a monoclonal antibody OC125 and were examined as a marker for ovarian cancer. The upper normal limit of CA125 of 35 U/ml was derived from …
To clarify the androgen balance on the administration of danazol a study was conducted on the levels of % free testosterone (% free T) and sex-hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) during the therapy and the binding properties of danazol to SHBG …
This clinicopathologic study involved 129 patients with ovarian endometriosis. All the lesions from the patients were classified macroscopically into two types being either cystic or non-cystic. The results are as follows. Endometriotic les…