Endometrial carcinoma arising in adenomyosis (EC-AIA) is a rare entity that originates deep within the myometrium and often spares the endometrial lining. We report a 53-year-old woman who presented with a vascularized uterine mass invading…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical features and management of ureteral endometriosis. METHODS: Patients surgically and histologically diagnosed as ureteral endometriosis from January 2001 to January 2007 in Peking Union Medical College …
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between levels of soluble Fas (sFas) and soluble Fas ligand (sFasL) in serum and peritoneal fluid of endometriosis-associated infertility. METHODS: The soluble Fas ligand and soluble Fas levels in ser…
OBJECTIVE: To study the characteristics, diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis in adolescent patients. METHOD: Six cases of adolescent endometriosis in our hospital were reviewed retrospectively. RESULT: Endometriosis is the most common …
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the surgery in simple ovarian cysts. METHODS: From Jan. 1994 to Dec. 1999, 221 women with simple ovarian cysts were admitted into our hospital. The diameter of cysts was or = 5 cm in 145 cases ultrasonically. One hu…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the serum sE-cadherin level in patients with endometriosis and the alterations of that level in healthy control during the menstrual cycle. METHODS: Thirty-two patients with endometriosis and 30 healthy women were …
Twenty-eight cases of abdominal scar endometriosis from January, 1980 to December, 1993 are reported. Of these patients, twenty-four underwent term cesarean section, and four underwent a midtrimester abortion by abdominal hysterotomy. The m…
A case-control study involving 203 cases of pelvic endometriosis seen from 1987-1989, and 406 randomly selected and age-matched community controls was conducted in order to provide information relevant to effective prophylaxis of the diseas…