Minerva ginecologica

Chronic pelvic pain, defined as cyclic or acyclic pain reported for a minimum of six months, is one of the most common gynecological symptoms and one of the most important in terms of social costs. From January 1987 to December 1991, 127 pa…

Starting from the anatomopathological assumption that endometrial thickness in postmenopausal women never exceeds 3 mm, and in view of the reliability of measurements made using an echographic probe, the authors evaluated the value of trans…

A case of inguinal endometriosis is described in a patient affected by PCOD. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of this type of association reported in the literature although cases in which endometriosis was related to hi…

Endometrial hyperplasia is a endometrial condition often found in perimenopausal age. AUB is the most frequent symptom of endometrial hyperplasia. The combination of hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy is the most suitable approach for the …

Following the observation of a case of inguinal endometriosis secondary to homolateral ovarian endometriosi, the paper describes the possibilities of the disease spreading to areas and organs which are unconnected to the pelvis. Published r…

Menometrorrhagia and hypermenorrhoea are often present in patients who also suffer from a state of insufficiency of the utero-adnexal venous system interpretable as a clinical entity of system pathology and accompanied by pictures of acquir…

Perimenopausal abnormal bleeding is one of the most common gynecological problems. We have assessed the effectiveness of danazol 200 mg daily for 3 months in 42 patients with perimenopausal abnormal bleeding without any previous treatment a…

A randomized clinical trial has been performed to evaluate the efficacy of intravaginal 1 mg Gemeprost for pre-operative cervical dilatation prior to vacuum aspiration and curettage for endometrial biopsy. Eighty-nine patients were evaluate…

The Authors examine serum levels of HPRL in basal conditions and after TRH and sulpiride test in 15 patients with endometrial lesions (hyperplasia) and in 15 patients with endometrial adenocarcinoma included in a age range between 44 and 62…

The study evaluated the efficacy and tolerance of the active components of "phytostimolin" cream and vaginal lavage, Triticum Vulgare and Ether glycoethylen-mono-phenolic, in 40 patients suffering from dystrophic cervico-vaginal pathologies…

The paper reports an atypical ecographic pattern of endometriosic cysts. The large biometry and the presence of a septum which was more than 1 cm thick prevented the diagnosis of this ovarian pathology. The Authors agree that in similar cas…

Hundred-eighty patients, aged between 18 and 58 years, participated in a multicenter study, in order to assay the efficacy and tolerability of nimesulide in gynaecological inflammatory diseases. Thirty patients were affected by adnexitis, 4…

The paper describes two cases of cutaneous endometriosis in correspondence with the surgical scar following cesarean section. The cases formed part of a series of 500 abdominal operations performed during the period 1988-89, of which about …

The Authors, starting from the description of a clinical case of abdominal wall endometriosis, arisen subsequently to a caesarean section, take into consideration the world literature on the subject, and focus their attention on the problem…

In industrialised countries endometritis is a problem which represents an increasing risk to personal health and to society. In almost all cases the inflammatory process which affects the uterine mucosa forms part of a more generalised infe…

Six cases of cervical endometriosis out of 420 colposcopies (1.42%) are described. The data suggest a correlation between electrocautery or other cervical trauma and cervical endometriosis. This study confirms that colposcopic examination i…

Personal experience with postcoital contraception through the use of Danazol is reported.

The effectiveness of Danazol in a dose of 200 mg/day for 3 consecutive months has been assessed in 30 women complaining of dysfunctional uterine haemorrhages. The patients were selected by excluding any associated genital pathology (myomas,…

The difficulty in the treatment of patients undergoing Warfarin therapy for mitral stenosis, is underlined and cases treated with Danazol in sideropenic anaemia caused by menometrorrhagia are reported.

1103 cases of endometrial hyperplasia were diagnosed between January 1, 1978 and December 31, 1987 at the Department of Anatomy and Pathological Histology of the University of Trieste. Of these, 58% were cases of cystic glandular hyperplasi…

The Authors, after a careful examination of the literature on endometrial hyperplasias, review the results of a preliminary study on 15 patients affected with postmenopausal metrorrhagia, cured by Danazol (200 mg/die) through 90 consecutive…

The term "mammary adenosis" describes chronic congestion of the mammary gland, whose principle symptom is painfulness. The Authors report the results obtained during therapy, which utilised three different pharmacological treatments: danazo…

Mammary adenosis is a very common affliction which, it has been calculated, affects between 7 and 15% of women of child-bearing age. The Authors report the results obtained during treatment of this condition with danazol in those different …