Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Background: Within the wide variety of clinical skills distinctive of the internist the diagnostic approach of abdominal pain is paramount in everyday clinical practice. It is well known that no physician can diagnose what they don’t know: …

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is the presence of functional endometrial tissue in the pelvic peritoneum and it affects several age groups. That is why the impact of endometriosis in quality of life is considerable. The objective of this study w…

Background: Umbilical endometriosis or Villar’s nodule is uncommon. Incidence goes up to 0.5-1.2% of all patients with endometriosis. As far as 2012, only 109 cases of umbilical endometriosis have been reported worldwide, there is no incide…

BACKGROUND: The tumor marker CA-125 is the most widely used serum marker for ovarian cancer screening. The aim of this paper was to establish the association between histopathologic result of ovarian tumors with serologic CA-125 and utility…

BACKGROUND: women with endometriosis may have a decreased bone mineral density (BMD). Several studies have shown that accumulation of adipose tissue profoundly affects BMD. It has also been documented that excess body fat is associated with…

Endometriosis is the third cause of gynecological morbidity and the complications are associated to ectopically endometrial tissue implantation. The interest on this disease is the functional disability and its association with sterility. I…

Endometriosis remains a mystery because it has not yet been shown why these cells are viable in the abdominal cavity, although it has been thought that the immune system plays a role in implantation outside the intrauterine cavity by abasem…