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...

We present the case of a 28-year-old woman with Salmonella serovar Schwarzengrund gastroenteritis acquired during foreign travel. Her case was complicated by superinfection of a pre-existing ovarian endometrioma with a quinolone-resistant organism; the resultant ovarian abscess ultimately required surgical removal for resolution. We review the key features of this case and the previous literatu...

background: endometriosis is a common hormone-dependent gynecologic disease with a high recurrence. laparotomy or laparoscopy is the standard surgery for the large endometrioma. also, sclerotherapy is basically used to treat different diseases one of which is endometrioma. objective: the study was designed to assess the value of transvaginal ultrasound-guided ethanol sclerotherapy in patients w...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic surgery has become the gold-standard treatment for ovarian endometriomas. The objective of this trial was to evaluate different procedures for the laparoscopic excision of ovarian endometriomas with the stripping technique. METHODS Forty-eight patients with ovarian endometrioma were enrolled in two consecutive independent randomized trials. Two different techniques wer...

Endometriomas account for 35% of benign ovarian cyst. Convincing evidence has emerged showing the reduced responsiveness to gonadotropins after ovarian cystectomy. Surgery should be envisaged only in the presence of large cyst or with severe symptoms. For endometriomas less than 3 cm cyst, aggressive removal of same may lead to a poor response during ovulation inductions.

BACKGROUND This study was designed to investigate leptin levels in the fluid in ovarian endometriomas (OEs) and to compare the expression of leptin and its receptors (OBR) in ovarian tissue affected by endometrioma in infertile women to its expression in the normal ovarian tissue of fertile controls without endometriosis. METHODS In this case-control observational study, ovarian tissue, blood...

Endometriosis presents in three different entities, which are frequently found together: peritoneal lesions, deep endometriosis and ovarian endometriotic cysts (endometriomas). can be discussed as a syndrome complex of Udavartini Yonivyapad Ayurveda. A 32-year-old unmarried woman consulted the BMARI hospital with chief complaint sever lower abdominal pain, severe menstrual pain prolong bleeding...