STUDY QUESTION Does the live birth rate after IVF depend on the etiology of diminished ovarian reserve (DOR)? SUMMARY ANSWER IVF outcome and live birth rate are significantly impaired in women with DOR caused by a previous cystectomy for endometrioma compared with women with idiopathic DOR. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY The safety of the surgical treatment of endometriomas is being discussed in ter...

Endometriosis as a cause for pelvic pain is quite common in women of child-bearing age. However, colonic an rectal involvement is relatively rare and may have a wide array of clinical symptomatology and radiographic findings. We recently treated a patient who presented with constipation and bloating. She was found to have an extrinsic mass compressing the rectosigmoid junction. Subsequent diagn...

STUDY QUESTION Is thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) involved in the pathophysiology of endometriosis? SUMMARY ANSWER TSLP is up-regulated by interleukin (IL)-1β and may be involved in the development of endometriosis. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory disease in which the Th2 immune response is activated and has been suggested to promote the disease. TSLP is a ...

Endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC) is an evolving clinical entity believed to develop from endometriosis. Continuous efforts are nowadays invested in exploring its pathogenesis and causality. Since endometrioma a widespread sub-type of the disease, malignant transformation EAOC during reproductive age may cause much concern affect management. The summary relative risk developing wom...