Introduction and aims of the study: Some studies on sibling oocytes have shown that intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) obtains poorer results than conventional in vitro fertilization (cIVF) women with ovarian endometriosis, suggesting their could be particularly sensitive to some ICSI-induced mechanical damage. Aims this study were clarify (a) whether endometriosis induce peculiar fragilit...

Acute Female pelvic pain is one the common causes of referral to emergency ward. It has many ethiologies of either Gynaecological or non gynecological causes including normal ovulation, haemorrhagic/ruptured ovarian cyst, Tumour, infarction (leiomyoma), Ovarian torsion, ectopic pregnancy, Tubo-ovarian abscess/PID, Endometriosis, … etc. It also has non-gynaecological causes such as renal stones,...

Adenoid cystic carcinoma of Bartholin’s gland is a rare malignant tumor of female genital tract. We report a case of a 42-year-old woman, presenting a palpable painful mass and burning sensation on the left side of vulva during the preceding two months. Based on examination, a solid fixed painful nodule with intact mucosa was palpated on the left side of the vagina. Histological features were c...

PURPOSE Although endometriosis is a benign disorder, recent studies suggest that endometriosis could be viewed as a neoplastic process. The objective of this study is to explore the epidemiology of synchronous neoplasms (SPN) in women with severe endometriosis. PATIENTS & METHODS The prevalence of SPN in cases with endometriotic ovarian cysts that underwent surgery at "Lito" Maternity Hospita...

Introduction: Endometriosis is the presence of endometrial glandular and stromal cells outside of the uterine cavity. This disease is found in about 10% of women of the reproductive age and in up to 50% of women with infertility. Surgery continues as the first-line treatment to eradicate endometriotic lesions but recurrence of the condition occurs in up to 47% of women. Materials and Methods: T...

Ovarian squamous cell carcinoma is usually associated with germ cell tumours (dermoid cyst) or endometriosis in primary cancer. While tumour metastasis to the ovary is common and often bilateral in over 50 percent of cases, metastatic cervical squamous cell carcinoma to the ovary is infrequent compared to adenocarcinoma from other extraovarian primaries and the cervix. We report two cases of un...

This chapter summarizes the diagnostic performance (sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios) of ultrasound, computer tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of various gynecological diseases and tumors. Positron emission tomography is not discussed. Imaging in infertility, in the diagnosis of Mullerian duct anomalies and in gynecological oncology (s...

BACKGROUND To assess the impact of ovarian cystectomy for endometriomas on the ovarian reserve, we evaluated the pre- and post-operative levels of serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH). We also analyzed the correlations between factors related to endometriosis and surgery for endometriomas and the serum AMH levels to investigate which factors affect ovarian reserve. METHODS Thirty-eight patients w...

CONTEXT Decidualization of the endometrium involves the morphological and biochemical reprogramming of the estrogen-primed proliferative endometrial stromal compartment under the continuing influence of progesterone. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the involvement of the extracellular matrix contractility of eutopic and ectopic endometrial stromal cells during the tissue remo...