121 women with polycystic ovarian syndrome and clomiphene citrate resistance underwent laparoscopic ovarian cautery, 63 patients were type i or typical pcos with ovarian volume >8ml and 58 patients were type ii pcos with ovarian volume <8ml. serum concentrations of luteinizing hormone (lh), follicular stimulating hormone (fsh), prolactin (prl), testosterone (t), and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfa...

background: we examined epidemiological aspects of dynamic changes in incidence of ovarian cancer in women of kazakh and russian nationalities in kazakhstan. methods: the material of investigation was primary data on registered patients with malignant ovarian tumors in the whole country. the study was conducted during the period of 1999-2009. evaluation of changes in ovarian cancer incidence in...

background: ovarian tissue cryopreservation is an alternative strategy to preserve the fertility of women predicted to undergo premature ovarian failure. this study was designed to evaluate the expression of folliculogenesis-related genes, including factor in the germline alpha (figla), growth differentiation factor-9 (gdf-9), follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (fshr), and kit ligand after v...

background: nandrolone decanoate (nd) is an anabolic androgenic steroid (aas) which influences the ovarian structure and function. we assessed the effects of nd on the ovarian volume, number of primordial follicles, and level of hormones and also evaluated the modulatory effects of gonadotropins on the histopathological changes imposed by the administration of nd. methods: six groups of sprague...

background ovarian cancer is the most common fatal gynecologic malignancy in women. the brca2 gene has a role in regulation of cell cycle during proliferation, differentiation and dna repair. changes in the methylation of brca2 may be an effective mechanism for ovarian cancer. objectives the aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between ovarian cancer and methylation status o...

background: primary ovarian pregnancy is one of the rarest forms of ectopic pregnancy having incidence of 1/7000-1/40,000 in live births and 0.5-3% of all ectopic gestations. intrauterine contraceptive device (iucd), salpingitis, infertility, and assisted reproductive techniques are the important risk factors. approximately, 75% terminate in first trimester and are often misdiagnosed as corpus ...

background: the preparation of endometrium for embryo reception is dependent on the ovarian hormones, which are affected by ovarian hyperstimulation procedure. objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in morphometrical indices of endometrium by the daily injection of progesterone after mouse ovarian induction. materials and methods: adult virgin female mice were selected and...

background: ovarian functional cyst is one of the most common pelvic mass in reproductive age which mostly resolves spontaneously. sonography is a valuable tool for diagnosis of benign cyst with high accuracy. the objective of this cross sectional study was to evaluate the accuracy of transvaginal sonography in detecting type of ovarian cyst and compare the results wieh cytological results. mat...

while ovarian masses are common findings in gynecology, unusually huge masses are quite rare. however, such cases can still be found today. mismanagement of common complaints in patients can be a leading cause of facing such findings. herein, we introduce a case of a giant ovarian cyst, which was mismanaged in a young virgin female patient. the patient had received gastrointestinal medications ...

case presentation we report a case where a substantial right ovarian cyst in a 13 year old was removed through a single incision in the superior umbilical fold leaving no discernable scar. the placement of a purse string facilitated safe decompression of the cyst allowing delivery into the wound where the lining was stripped before being returned to the abdomen. conclusions subsequent single in...