The outcome of ovulation induction in anovulatory polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) may depend, in part, on the pharmacologic compounds used, but also on individual patient characteristics, such as age, body mass index (BMI), hyperandrogenism, luteinizing hormone (LH), hyper-secretion, anti mullerian hormone (AMH) levels and possibly antral follicle count (AFC) with ovarian volume of these wom...

primary ovarian carcinoid tumors of the ovary are rare and represent less than 0.1% of ovarian malignancy. one of its subtypes is the strumal carcinoid in which the thyroid tissue is seen in intimate association with carcinoid tumor. we here report a 47-year-old woman with strumal carcinoid of the right ovary presented with cessation of menstrual periods in the past 3 months and was referred du...

Background: Clomiphen citrate (CC) is the first line therapy for women with infertility and poly cystic ovary syndrome( PCOS).However, 20-25% of women are resistant to CC and do not ovulate. The Background of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of sequential treatment of metformin and incremental doses of letrozole in induction of ovulation in cases of clomiphen citrateresistant (CC- R) PCOS...

Background: To evaluate the effect of metformin on ovulation and pregnancy rate in clomiphene citrate resistant women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Material & Methods: In this clinical trial each patient, regarding her previous resistance to Clomiphene, served as her own control. A total of 35 clomiphene citrate resistant PCOS patients, referring to Royan institute were studied. Clomip...

purpose to determine the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) in women who exercise regularly. methods all women under age 45 from an industrial company who had past history of exercising more than 6 months enrolled in this cross-sectional study. prevalence of pcos and comparison of bmi between pcos and non-pcos subgroups was done. the diagnosis of pcos was based on the revised 2003 r...

to assess the relative contribution of genetic and environmental factors (particularly androgens) on circulating levels of lipid fractions, serum androgen and lipid fractions were measured in 34 pairs of female-female twins aged from 15- 45 years, some of whom were discordant for polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) diagnosed by ultrasound. nineteen pairs were monozygotic twins (mz) and 15 pairs we...

Ovarian adenofibroma is a rare benign tumour originating from the germinal lining and stroma of the ovary. We describe here the case of a 36-year-old woman with an ovarian mucinous cystadenofibroma that was diagnosed as a benign cystic mass of the ovary before surgery. The tumour was a cystic lesion composed of 2 regions: one filled with mucinous fluid and the other with yellowish solid compone...

A 22-year-old patient with 9 months of amenorrhea and a huge abdominal swelling was admitted to our institution with an ultrasonography report of a multiloculated cystic space-occupying lesion, almost taking up the whole abdomen (probably of ovarian origin), along with a single live intrauterine fetus. She delivered vaginally a boy baby within 4 hours of admission without any maternal complicat...

Background: Mature cystic teratoma of the ovary is one of the most common benign ovarian tumors, which may be confused with other adnexal lesions due to its extensive manifestations on ultrasound. Therefore, in this study, we tried to reduce the need for pathology frozen sections by examining more accurate preoperative ultrasound results and classifying ovarian lesions based on them. Methods: ...

background: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is a complex, multifaceted, heterogeneous disorder, affecting 4%-18% of reproductive-aged women and it is associated with reproductive, metabolic and psychological dysfunctions. pcos affects quality of life and can worsen anxiety and depression either due to the features of pcos or due to the diagnosis of a chronic disease. methods: in this descripti...