In vivo (Athens, Greece)

BACKGROUND/AIM: Adenomyosis frequently coexists with endometriosis and shares overlapping symptoms; however, the symptom burden of isolated adenomyosis remains insufficiently defined. The aim of this study was to compare the severity and di…

BACKGROUND/AIM: Adenomyosis is a common gynecological disease characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue (endometrial stroma and glands) within the myometrium. It is classified into two main types: diffuse and focal. The ai…

Background/Aim: Endometriosis is characterized by the accumulation of immune cells in endometrial lesions and the peritoneal cavity. Macrophages contribute to the growth and neovascularization of endometriotic lesions. Vascular endothelial …

BACKGROUND/AIM: Adenosine deaminase family acting on RNA 1 (ADAR1) expression was examined to determine its correlation with endometriosis. The biological functions and inhibitory effects of ADAR1 knockdown were investigated in a human endo…

BACKGROUND/AIM: Endometriosis of the abdominal wall (AWE) is poorly understood because of its rarity and heterogeneous nature. The aim of this study was to investigate and present the clinical and surgical characteristics of AWE and to prop…

BACKGROUND/AIM: Endometriosis is a benign condition affecting 10-20% of women at reproductive age. The urinary tract is affected in 0.3-12.0% of women with endometriosis and in 19.0-53.0% of women with deep infiltrating endometriosis. The b…

Background/Aim: Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disease characterized by the ectopic implantation and growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. Endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of endome…

Endometriosis can be defined as the presence of the endometrium outside the uterine cavity. It affects approximately 10% of women of reproductive age and causes infertility, chronic pain, and deterioration of the quality of life. Since the …

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent and chronic inflammatory gynecological disease due to the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. This disease affects approximately 10% of the female population.…

BACKGROUND/AIM: Endometriosis infiltrating the rectum often requires resection with a protecting stoma. A ghost ileostomy (GI) is an alternative to prevent the psychological burden for the young women affected. The present study evaluated t…

BACKGROUND/AIM: To determine whether a prototypical compressed-sensing volume-interpolated breath-hold (csVIBE) provides diagnostic value in detecting rectosigmoid infiltration in deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE). PATIENTS AND METHODS:…

BACKGROUND/AIM: Endometriosis is a gynecological estrogen-dependent inflammatory disease due to ectopic endometrial tissue and often associated with pelvic pain. Despite its high prevalence, there are still uncertainties about its pathogene…

AIM: The analysis of oestrogen receptor (ESR2) and cytochrome P450 family 19 subfamily A member (CYP19A1) gene expression in the context of the risk for endometriosis development. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Tissue specimens, collected from pati…

BACKGROUND/AIM: Clear cell carcinoma of the abdominal wall is a sporadic event. To date, about thirty cases have been reported in the literature. This article provides a case report and literature review of an infrequent occurrence with poo…

AIM: To examine the clinicopathological features of ovarian seromucinous borderline tumors (SMBTs) and compare them with those of mucinous borderline/atypical proliferative mucinous tumors (MB/APMTs). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients with SM…

BACKGROUND/AIM: Well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma (WDPM) is histologically characterized by papillary architecture with fibrovascular cores, lined by bland mesothelial cells. We recently experienced a case of WDPM associated with m…

Endometriosis is a common finding in premenopausal women and a significant number of cases presenting digestive tract involvement at the time of diagnosis. However, most of these patients present pelvic nodules involving the rectosigmoidian…

BACKGROUND: The KISS1/KISS1R system has been implicated in the physiology of reproduction and many studies have documented the stimulatory effect of kisspeptin on Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone (GnRH) and gonadotropin secretion. In addition…

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Endometriosis is regarded as a complex disese, in which genetic and environmental factors contribute to the disease phenotype. Whether vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) -460 C/T and +405 G/C polymorphisms are associ…

Deep infiltrating endometriosis of rectovaginal septum is a particular form of endometriosis located under the peritoneal surface. This kind of lesions are very active and strongly associated with pelvic pain symptoms. A study on 62 cases o…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is the presence of functioning endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Umbilical endometriosis has been reported in more than one hundred cases and the umbilicus represents the location of 0.5-1% of ectopica…

In recent years, the design of new antineoplastic agents that can halt the progression of human malignancies with minimal systemic damage has been at the forefront of cancer research, with cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) as a major target molecule…

We analysed the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) regulation on the expression of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), type I IGF receptor (IGF-1.R), IGF-binding protein 3 (IGFBP-3), urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and uPA receptor (…

Degradation of the myometrium contributes to the development of adenomyosis and disruption of the actin cytoskeleton occurs in the myometrium adjacent to the invasive endometrium. A subtractive cDNA library that contained genes up-regulated…

Like most characteristics studied in research, mammary tumourigenesis and uterine adenomyosis in mice are regulated by both genetic and environmental factors and information about the degree of participation of each factor in these lesions …