Scottish medical journal

INTRODUCTION: Numerous conditions may cause liver lesions, solitary or multiple, benign or malignant. It can be crucial to establish the correct diagnosis. Splenosis is a rare condition that may result from the spillage of cells from the sp…

The association of endometrioid carcinoma of the ovary and primary carcinoma of the endometrium is well recognised. These tumours are often synchronous in occurrence. Oestrogen stimulation is often postulated as a significant factor in the …

Experience of the treatment of endometriosis with danazol compares very favourably with the previous use of an oestrogen-progestogen combination in this condition. Symptoms were relieved more rapidly and for longer periods of time. The resp…

Two cases of endometrioma occurring in the perineum, associated with episiotomy scars and involving the external anal sphincter are described. Previous similar cases in the literature are reviewed and discussed. Misdiagnosis of this uncommo…

Gynaecological units in Great Britain are using the laparoscope increasingly frequently to investigate the infertile woman; in this paper the need for this form of investigation is emphasized. In the Professorial Unit at Glasgow Royral Infi…