Obstetrical & gynecological survey

Ovarian remnant syndrome should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pelvic pain with a mass in a patient who has had extirpative surgery. Although rarely reported in the literature, it is probably much more prevalent than is susp…

Endometriosis in the abdominal scar following cesarean section is a rare event, but may be more frequent than estimated from the literature. Five cases collected over 5 years are presented suggesting an incidence over 1 percent. Diagnosis a…

Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

Endometriosis remains a poorly understood disease. Multiple factors are likely to be responsible for the relative infertility in patients with endometriosis. All therapeutic options should be presented to the patient. Treatment of a patient…

Two patients diagnosed at the University of Missouri Hospital underwent reconstructive surgery utilizing the atretic cervix as a conduit for the formation of an endometrial-vaginal fistula. A total of three surgeries was performed with both…

Splenosis is the autotransplantation of splenic tissue that usually follows traumatic rupture of the spleen. These splenic implants may be located anywhere within the peritoneal cavity. Although a relatively rare entity, when present these …

Endometriosis has been reported with increasing frequency in the literature in recent years, particularly endometriosis in nongynecological sites. Primary endometriosis of the ileum is of particular concern due to the high incidence of smal…

Since the discovery and synthesis of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in 1971, numerous long-acting agonistic and antagonistic analogs have been synthesized. Agonistic analogs were found to desensitize pituitary GnRH receptors with chr…

As already mentioned, only a few cases of CPT were described in the international medical literature, though there probably are some publications in languages unknown to us. It is quite possible that this syndrome is much more common than k…

Nine recent cases of coexisting intra- and extrauterine pregnancy at The Mount Sinai Medical Center are presented. The myriad of clinical presentations is exemplified in the postabortal, endometriosis, posttreatment; ovulation induction, an…

Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gy…

Department of Medicine and the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Haroard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts