Endometriosis (ENDO) is a disorder in which vascularized growths of endometrial tissue occur outside the uterus. Its symptoms include reduced fertility and severe pelvic pain. Mechanisms that maintain the ectopic growths and evoke symptoms are poorly understood. One factor not yet considered is that the ectopic growths develop their own innervation. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the growt...

Volume 91, Number 7 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 487 A 26-year-old man presented with a fouryear history of exophytic growths on his back and extensive scarring on his chest. The lesions were flesh colored, nontender, and progressively worsening. His medical history was significant for moderate to severe acne, which required treatment with oral isotretinoin. The lesions gradually ...

Age and Nature of Growth. Although the pathology of bladder growths is. a complicated subject it may be said that there exists a complete gradation from the perfectly innocent single pedunculated papilloma to the very malignant infiltrating carcinoma. In between these two extremes we have growths which are difficult to place either amongst the benign or amongst the malignant, not only' clinical...