The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society

Endometriosis is characterized by the presence of histologically normal endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Endometriosis occurs most commonly within the pelvis. Extrapelvic endometriosis is less common, but can involve nearly ev…

A 23-year-old woman with pelvic pain and a preoperative assessment of endometriosis eventually diagnosed as splenosis is presented. Hysterectomy, removal of the ovaries and of the splenic pelvic mass resolved her complaint. The pelvic mass …

Twenty-seven patients who underwent laparotomy after a prior hysterectomy for endometriosis were studied. The mean interval from index surgery to repeat surgery was 7.8 years. Abdominal/pelvic pain was the most common presenting complaint, …

A young woman with catamenial hemoptysis and pleuritic chest pain is reported. She had two living children and had undergone three abortions and a tubal ligation followed by menorrhagia and dysmenorrhea. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed no …

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine and The Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans, New Orleans Louisiana J. Louisiana M. Soc., 108: 43, 1956