Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983)

IntroductionFertility disorders in autoimmune diseases are well described. However, little is known about the presence of a humoral serum autoimmunity in case of infertility (antinuclear antibodies, ACAN or antiphospholipid, APL) without cr…

Cardiovascular diseases are become the primary cause of death in women. The cardiovascular risk of the woman has unknown specificities and remains underestimated. At equal age, women have more cardio vascular risk factors than men. All thes…

Adenomyosis is frequently called the "forgotten" diagnosis, because of its non-characteristic clinical appearance. Similar to fibroid symptoms, adenomyosis may be the cause of disabling symptoms such as heavy menstrual bleeding, in particul…

Endometriosis is a frequent pathology with a high incidence of deep infiltrating endometriosis and complex forms that can affect 20% of patients with endometriosis. The incidence of infertility associated with endometriosis can reach 50%. T…

Endometriosis is a multifactorial pathology. Trans-tubal reflux theory remains valid. Genetic and epigenetic factors associated with immunological perturbations are involved. The role of endocrine disruptors is discussed although epidemiolo…

Deep infiltrating endometriosis is the most severe form of the disease, defined by infiltration beneath the peritoneum greater than 5mm. It affects several anatomical locations including the bladder, the vesico-uterine cul-de-sac, the torus…

Endometriosis is a common condition, causing pain and infertility. In infertile woman with superficial peritoneal endometriosis and patent tubes, laparoscopy is recommended, followed by ovarian stimulation alone or in combination with intra…

The diagnosis of pelvic endometriosis is based on the combination of clinical examination, endovaginal ultrasonography and pelvic MRI. Ultrasonography displays a moderate sensitivity and a high specificity. Pelvien MRI displays a better sen…

Preoperative evaluation: clinical examination, and research for associated lesions. Laparoscopic approach. Cystectomy: gold standard, conformed to the endometrioma pathophysiology (3 zones). Laser CO2 Plasmajet® vaporisation: important data…

Endometriosis is a benign pathology that affects 3% of the general population and about 10% of women of reproductive age. Three anatomoclinical entities are described: peritoneal, ovarian (endometrioma) and deep endometriosis characterized …

ContextEndometriosis is a chronic painful disease, for which hormone therapy is usually offered as a first line option to women not willing to conceive.ObjectivesTo analyse and synthesize the literature, from 2006 onwards, on pain control, …

Endometriosis affects 6 to 10 % of all women of childbearing age. Intestinal involvement is defined by muscularis infiltration and has been estimated to occur in 8 % to 12 % of women with endometriosis. The most common sites are rectum, sig…

INTRODUCTION: Catamenial pneumothorax occurs in women during the menses. It is frequently associated with diaphragmatic fenestrations or episodes of pleural endometriosis. OBSERVATION: We report the case of a patients who had presented 25 e…

UNLABELLED: UTERINE DISORDERS: Because they can prevent implantation, anomalies within the uterine cavity play an important role in fertility. The uterine disorders most often observed during hysteroscopy and implicated in infertility are a…

THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS: Antiprogestins are a promising class of therapeutic agents in the field of reproductive health. Mifepristone (exRU486) remains the leading compound of this class and is the only one presently used in clinical pract…

FREQUENT: The most frequent deep localization, endometriosis of the rectovaginal septum may penetrate into the vagina or rectum. MEDICAL TREATMENT: Hormone therapy suppresses menstruation if a short-term regimen is given, but the cost of lo…

RU 486 is the code name for mifepristone, a 19-norsteroid first synthesized in 1980. Its chemical structure is similar to progesterone and progesterone derivatives. The difference lies in an 11 beta ring substitution which results in high a…

Since the chemical structure of gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) was discovered in 1971, several antagonist and agonist analogues have been synthesized. Via different mechanisms, these 2 classes of analogues inhibit luteinizing hormon…

We report the first published case of pregnancy obtained with a self-preserved embryo in a woman who, in 1987, had been castrated for a tumoral and painful pelvic disease retrospectively diagnosed as endometriosis. This woman had an old-sta…