Ginecologia y obstetricia de Mexico

A large number of lymph node inclusions excluding endometriosis have been described in a variety of anatomical sites; they are usually epithelial and only rarely non-epithelial. Their presence can give rise to an erroneous diagnosis of meta…

A case of a 30 year-old patient is presented with infertility, 56 days opsomenorrhea, cervical tenderness, left adnexial mass, beta subunit of Human Gonadotrophin Corionic (HGC) of 112 mUl/mL, endovaginal ultrasonogram showed trophoblastic …

Endometriosis is a disease of unknown ethology; there are several theories that are unproven. It is known that women with such disease present with infertility, and that recurrence is very high, and apparently not depending of estrogenic st…

The medical treatment of the pelvic endometriosis includes the hormonal therapy that attacks directly to the endometriosis lesions or indirectly it inhibits the endometrial proliferation and it induces atrophy through the estrogenic depriva…

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) is a cytokine which can be found in peritoneal fluid (PF) of patients with endometriosis and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) as a response of inflammatory disorder and infections diseases. The cytotoxic e…

Endometriosis is an ailment which has no exact etiology due to its uncertain genesis, its inception can develop unnoticed, its silent evolution makes it difficult to identify it until a cardinal symptom appears and its semeiology provides u…

The osseous metaplasia of the endometrium is very rare cause of infertility. The hysteroscopic approach is a effective method to recover the fertility in most of the cases in a short period. The case of a infertile woman who was previous st…

The endometriosis has been observed in 10% of the women in reproductive age and it is found in pelvis in most of the cases. However, occasionally it is located on nonpelvic organs and infrequently in diaphragmatic location. Two cases of dia…

Human papilloma virus (HPV) infections frequently cause cervical lesions of different morphologies. We have previously reported a 53.5% pregnancy rate after treatment in a group of women with infertility associated to HPV infection of the c…

The objective was to evaluate the indications and clinical evolution of patients treated with laparoscopy. Eight hundred eighty two women undergoing conventional laparoscopy for gynecological pathology, patients were not preselected, preope…

Abdominal wall endometriosis usually occurs in the surgical scar of previous cesarean sections. This condition often presents as a mass with cyclical pain and swelling. Two cases of abdominal scar endometriosis are reported. The definitive …

The effect of adherence process on Fallopian tubes and ovaries in late stages endometriosis is clear, but it is more important to understand pathophysiologic mechanism of infertility in minimal, mild endometriosis. Although the etiology of …

Endometriosis is rarely found by the general surgeon and sometimes it may seem a surgical disease. Two cases with abdominal pain, requiring surgical treatment, are presented. The first case gave history of dysmenorrhea and dyspareunia, she …

Endometriosis is a frequent gynecologic disease and is associated with dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain and infertility. We evaluated 71 patients who had any of these entities and were treated with laparoscopic procedures. We found a higher freque…

The Growth Factors (GFs) include a group peptidic molecules, with important trophic, mitotic and cellular differentiation effects in most human tissues. This review encompasses the different types of GFs and their biologic effects on tissue…

In this report an hypothetical model of the pathophysiology of endometriosis is reviewed based on recent literature, focusing a variety of factors within the specific environment confined by peritoneum, whose alteration has repercussion amo…

The systematic analysis of immunity status in the peritoneum of women with endometriosis, is presented. Twenty five patients were studied, distributed as follows: A. Endometriosis, B. Sterility of non identified cause. In all the patients, …

The prevalence of fibrocystic breast disease in patients with endometriosis, was determined. This was a prospective cross-sectional study. The 43 women were diagnosed as having endometriosis by laparoscopy. In these patients, during their c…

A case of endometrial trichinosis is reported; the patient lived rear Cd. Delicias, Chih., an endemic area for trichinosis. A 38 years old obese, diabetic woman, with high blood pressure, used to eat frequently pork meat and its products; s…

Endometriosis approximately affects 10 to 15% of premenopausic women. Diagnosis mainly is made by laparoscopy. We revised all the laparoscopies which were made in labor service at the American British Cowdray Hospital from July 1st 1989 to …

The therapeutical effectiveness of gestrinone in endometriosis treatment, as well as its long term side effects, were evaluated. Prospective, clinical trial. At "Dr. Alejandro Castanedo Kimball" Hospital (PEMEX). Salamanca, Guanajuato. Méxi…