General surgeons are often asked to evaluate acute abdominal pain which has an expanded differential diagnosis in women of childbearing age. Acute appendicitis accounts for many surgical emergencies as a common cause of nongynecologic pelvic pain. In some rare instances, acute appendicitis has been shown to occur simultaneously with a variety of gynecologic diseases. We report a case of concurr...

Pain is the cardinal symptom of endometriosis, even though patients may experience several different types of pain, such as dysmenorrhea, deep dyspareunia, discomfort during defecation or while urinating, according to the anatomic location of this disorder. Endometriotic implants, pelvic adhesions and ovarian endometriomas are commonly associated with chronic pelvic pain. Haemorrhage into an en...

Background The aim of this study is to compare the circulating placental growth factor (PlGF) concentration in women with and without endometrioma to verify the performance of this marker to diagnose the disease. MaterialsAndMethods In this case-control study, thirteen women with histological diagnosis of ovarian endometriosis were compared with women without endometriosis disease. PlGF plasma ...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a highly prevalent, benign disease in which the angiogenic, fibrinolytic and metalloproteinase (MMP) systems may be implicated. The objective of this study is to analyse mRNA expression and protein levels of several angiogenic factors and to correlate them with several components of the fibrinolytic and MMP systems in samples from 71 women with endometriosis and 50 c...

683 A CASE OF MESENTERIC CYST CONFUSED WITH OVARIAN ENDOMETRIOMA Se Ik Kim, MD, Young Dae Kim, MD, Hye Seung Lee, MD, PhD, Byung Chul Jee, MD, PhD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul; Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Se...

Endometriosis is a common disease in up to 10% of women of reproductive age. It often causes symptoms such as dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, dyspareunia and dyschezia [1]. It is also associated with ovarian endometrioma which requires surgery for both diagnosis and treatment. However, recurrence rates are approximately 30-50% within 5 years after surgery [2]. Dienogest is a new synthetic or...

BACKGROUND Surgical excision of ovarian endometriomas in patients desiring pregnancy has recently been criticized because of the risk of damage to healthy ovarian tissue and consequent reduction of ovarian reserve. A correct diagnosis in cases not scheduled for surgery is therefore mandatory in order to avoid unexpected ovarian cancer misdiagnosis. Endometriosis is often associated with high le...