Tommaso Falcone, Rebecca Flyckt
Endometriosis is a common and challenging condition of reproductive-aged women that carries a high individual and societal cost. The many molecular dissimilarities between endometriosis lesions and eutopic endometrium create difficulties in the development of new drug therapies and treatments. Surge...
Shadi Rezai, Pameela Bisram, Isamarie Lora Alcantara, Ruchi Upadhyay et al.
Background. Mullerian duct anomalies (MDAs) are congenital defects of the female genital system that arise from abnormal embryological development of the Mullerian ducts. A didelphys uterus, also known as a "double uterus," is one of the least common amongst MDAs. This report discusses a case of did...
Santosh Kumar Mondal, TK Dutta
INTRODUCTION: To determine the histological pattern of involvement, clinical presentation, impact on fertility in women with genital tuberculosis. METHODS: A total number of 68 cases of gynaecological tuberculosis affecting different parts of female genital tract from 56 patients were selected. The ...
Moamar Al‐Jefout, Natasha Andreadis, Natsuko Tokushige, Robert Markham et al.
Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate endometrial biopsy and curettage in detecting small nerve fibers in eutopic endometrium for diagnosis of endometriosis. Study design Endometrial biopsies with precise, consistent technique and curettings were taken from 37 women (20 with endometrio...
Mariam Abid, Atif A Hashmi, Babar Malik, Saroona Haroon et al.
BACKGROUND: Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is one of the most common debilitating menstrual problems and has remained one of the most frequent indications for hysterectomy in developing countries. Approximately in 40% of hysterectomy specimens, no definite organic pathology could be established. Th...
Sabrina Q. Rashid, Yi‐Hong Chou, Chui‐Mei Tiu
Leiomyomas or myomas of the uterus, also known as a fibroid uterus, are the most common tumors of the uterus. They are benign neoplasms of smooth muscle origin with various degrees of fibrous connective tissue. These tumors can develop in any part of the female genital tract where there is smooth mu...
Abdelrahman AlAshqar, Bethlehem Lulseged, Akailah Mason-Otey, Jinxiao Liang et al.
In the last few decades, our understanding of the complex pathobiology of uterine fibroid development has grown. While previously believed to be a purely neoplastic entity, we now understand that uterine fibroids possess different and equally important aspects of their genesis. An increasing body of...
Claudia Gatti, Carmine Del Rossi, Laura Lombardi, Francesca Caravaggi et al.
PURPOSE: We examined sexuality and psychosocial functioning in patients with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome who underwent colovaginoplasty. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients who underwent colovaginoplasty for Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome in Italy and Bangladesh were required to mee...
Gretchen S. Stuart, Shanthi Ramesh
Female sterilization is relied on by nearly one in three women aged 35-44 years in the United States. Sterilization procedures are among the most common procedures that obstetrician-gynecologists perform. The most frequent sterilization procedures include postpartum tubal ligation, laparoscopic tuba...
Mosammat Rashida Begum, Ehsan Quadir, Anowara Begum, Rowsan A. Begum et al.
AIM: To examine the efficacy of aromatase inhibitor in the induction of ovulation. METHODS: This prospective clinical trial in patients with infertility and poor response to clomiphene citrate (CC) was undertaken in a tertiary referral infertility clinic. Thirty-five infertile patients, who were tre...
Maherunnessa, Shahana Shermin, Shahnaz Rahman, Nurun Naher et al.
Background: Endometrial cancer is currently the most common malignancy of the female genital tract. Most of the women with endometrial cancer initially present with postmenopausal bleeding (PMB) and may be assessed initially with either endometrial biopsy or transvaginal ultrasonography. Objective: ...
Carmine Del Rossi, Anna Attanasio, Simone Del Curto, S D'Agostino et al.
PURPOSE: We report a 9-year experience with successful treatment of patients with vaginal atresia at a missionary hospital with decreased facilities in Bangladesh. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From 1995 to 2002, 20 patients 10 to 29 years old (average age 18.4) with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome...
S Chowdhury, Tahmid Anam Chowdhury, E Azim
Pregnancy in non-communicating rudimentary horn is extremely rare. It carries grave risk to mother and fetus due to rupture of rudimentary horn in second trimester of pregnancy. Here is a case of ruptured rudimentary horn pregnancy at gestation of 14 weeks. Laparotomy was done and the rudimentary ho...
Dilruba Sharmen Nishu, Md Monir Uddin, Khadija Akter, Shameema Akter et al.
BACKGROUND: Herlyn-Werner-Wunderlich syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by uterus didelphys, obstructed hemivagina, and ipsilateral renal agenesis. The most common presentation is abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, and abdominal mass secondary to hematocolpos. We present the first case r...
Md Soriful Islam, Most Mauluda Akhtar, James H. Segars