BACKGROUND Ovarian pregnancy constitutes 0.15-3% of all ectopic pregnancies. The incidence of ectopic pregnancy is on the rise owing to evolution in assisted reproductive techniques (ART). The incidence reported following In vitro fertilization (IVF) or embryo transfer (ET) is 0.27% per clinical pregnancy. CASE We present a case of a 13-weeks ovarian pregnancy following IVF-ET and through a r...

Ovarian cancer rarely complicates pregnancy. Usually these malignancies consist of germ cell tumors. Preserving maternal safety along with favorable neonatal outcome is a subject of debate in the management of ovarian cancer during pregnancy. In this report, the authors describe a 25-year-old primigravid woman who was diagnosed to with an ovarian immature teratoma which was diagnosed at 13th we...

Objective Recently the laparoscopic ovarian drilling (LOD) has been used as a surgical treatment for ovulation in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), although its mechanism and outcomes are still unclear. This study was undertaken to evaluate the in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcomes in clomiphene-resistant women with PCOS who were treated with...

Long protocol of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone-analougue (GnRH-a) can result in the formation of ovarian cyst by the transient initial stimulatory effect which increases the levels of both follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). These cysts require surgical drainage or result in poor ovarian response. Ovarian cyst formation can be prevented by taking oral contraceptive...

Background:Ghrelin, an endogenous ligand for the growthsecretagogue receptor is predominantly produced in the stomach and anexpression of ghrelin has recently been identified in placenta and ovary. OBJECTIVES: Therefore, we decited to measure ovarian ghrelin as quantitative andevaluate the correlation between ghrelin and estrogen during second half ofovine pregnancy. METHODS: The ovarian sample...

background: poor ovarian response to controlled ovarian stimulation is one of the most important interest points in assisted reproduction. mild ovarian stimulation seems to be preferable to high dose of fsh regimens in women with a history of poor ovarian response in previous protocol. clomiphene citrate and letrozole alone or in combination with fsh have been used in mild ovarian stimulation p...

Recent animal studies suggest that progestagen-induced apoptosis of transformed ovarian surface epithelial cells may underlie the observed protective effect of pregnancy on the risk of ovarian cancer. Assuming that increasing numbers of cells are transformed with advancing age, we postulated that the benefits of pregnancy would be greater for older than younger women and tested this hypothesis ...

introduction: the purpose of this study was to determine alkaline phosphatase (alp) activity of ovary after ovarian induction using pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (pmsg) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hcg) during implantation periods. material and methods: a total of 240 female nmri mice aged 6-10 weeks were selected and divided into control and hyperstimulated. these mice were rendered no...

Objective: To determine the efficacy of ovarian drilling in PCO patients who failed to achieve pregnancy with medical treatment. Methods and Main Results: 75 patients with a diagnosis of PCO of whom 48(64%) were primary infertile and 27(36%) were secondary infertile were clomiphene resistant. The other methods like bromocriptin, gonadotropins, GnRH -a and metformin had been given to these ...

In this issue, Koo and colleagues authored an interesting article entitled “An 11-year experience with ovarian surgery during pregnancy”. They investigated the characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women who underwent surgical intervention for ovarian neoplasm and found that either conventional laparotomy or laparoscopy approach could be successfully used in the management of ovarian tumor d...