PURPOSE To evaluate the accuracy of sonographic endometrial thickness and hysteroscopic characteristics in predicting malignancy in postmenopausal women undergoing surgical resection of endometrial polyps. METHODS Five hundred twenty-one (521) postmenopausal women undergoing hysteroscopic resection of endometrial polyps between January 1998 and December 2008 were studied. For each value of so...

Abstract. This article is devoted to the results of studies trophoblast during gestation 9-12 weeks. study a fragment series immunohistochemical with TORCH infection, which are scheduled be carried out at different gestational dates. Purpose – in various types using method establish features expression metalloproteinase-2 abortion material period weeks pregnancy infection compared observations ...

BACKGROUND Endometrial brush cytology is a widely accepted method for the detection of endometrial lesions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of cytological sampling using Uterobrush in the screening of endometrial pathology. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a prospective double-blind study evaluating the efficacy of the Uterobrush method (Cooper Surgical, Trumbull, USA) in the detec...

Molecular profiling of endometrial neoplasms reveals genetic changes in endometrial carcinomas that support the dualistic model, in which type I carcinomas are estrogen-dependent, low grade lesions and type II carcinomas are nonestrogen dependent and high grade. The molecular changes in type I endometrial carcinomas include mutations in PTEN, PIK3CA, KRAS, and beta-catenin, along with microsate...

background: unexplained infertility is still a challenging issue as to its causes, appropriate management and treatment. evidence implicates early embryopathy or implantation failure as likely causes. objective: this study aims to investigate the effect of local endometrial injury on pregnancy rate in selected unexplained infertile patients. materials and methods: this was a randomized clinical...

Breast cancer constitutes 54.8 percent of deaths from malignancies in female genital tract in Malaysia, 19951• It is also the second most common death (19.4%) from malignancies in females in Malaysia. The use of adjuvant tamoxifen therapy continuously for five or more years has contributed to longer survivals in these patients. Several recent reports of possible association between tamoxifen tr...

The endometrial blood vessels form a vascular bed with a number of unusual properties. Unlike most adult vasculature these blood vessels undergo constant cycles of growth and regression during the reproductive life of the female. This short review covers a number of different aspects relating to endometrial vascular structure and function during endometrial growth, implantation, endometrial reg...

Background: One of the most common abnormality in female genital system, especially in premenopausal period, is abnormal uterine bleeding caused by endometrial hyperplasia. Prevalence of endometrial hyperplasia is 5-20% with different risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), multiparity, nuliparity, advanced age, and using estrogen consumption. This study try to determine risk...

Embryo implantation represents the most critical step of the reproductive process in many species. Inadequate uterine receptivity is responsible for approximately two-thirds of implantation failures. The cell adhesion molecule (CAM) such as integrins, cadherins, selectins and immunoglobulins intervene to ensure adhesiveness between the embryo and the endometrium. Some recent studies indicate th...