STUDY QUESTION Does the live birth rate after IVF depend on the etiology of diminished ovarian reserve (DOR)? SUMMARY ANSWER IVF outcome and live birth rate are significantly impaired in women with DOR caused by a previous cystectomy for endometrioma compared with women with idiopathic DOR. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY The safety of the surgical treatment of endometriomas is being discussed in ter...

BACKGROUND To assess the accuracy of ultrasound in differentiating endometrioma from ovarian cancer and to describe pattern recognition for atypical endometriomas mimicking ovarian cancers. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients scheduled for elective surgery for adnexal masses were sonographically evaluated for endometrioma within 24 hours of surgery. All examinations were performed by the same expe...

Laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy is recommended for surgical procedure of endometrioma. The negative impact on ovarian reserve following removal had been documented. Little evidence had been reported for nonovarian originated effects. Objective. To evaluate the impact of laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy for endometrioma on ovarian reserve, measured by serum antimullerian hormone (AMH), compared t...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the expression of inhibin A and activin A in ovarian endometriosis. DESIGN Uncontrolled cross-sectional study and controlled prospective in vitro study. SETTING Academic health centers in Siena, Udine, Sassari, and Milan, Italy. PATIENT(S) A group of women (n = 19) who underwent laparoscopic excision of ovarian endometriotic cysts. INTERVENTION(S) Specimens of seru...

The management of large endometriomas was described in a series of 814 patients. Combined therapy using gonadotrophin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) and carbon dioxide laser laparoscopy was proposed. Drainage and GnRHa for 12 weeks provoked a reduction of the endometrioma size up to 50% of the initial value. After vaporization of the internal wall, a cumulative pregnancy of 51% after 1 year ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the incidence of falsely elevated risk of ovarian malignancy algorithm (ROMA) in a group of women with pathologically confirmed endometrioma and to investigate the associated factors. METHODS One hundred premenopausal women surgically diagnosed with ovarian endometrioma were selected. Preoperative clinical, laboratory, and surgical characteristics were compared between t...

This article aims to test the hypothesis that the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) in women with endometriosis might be changed by enrolling different population. A nationwide 14-year historic cohort study using the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) of Taiwan and the Registry for Catastrophic Illness Patients was conducted. A total of 239,385 women aged between 20 and 5...

Epithelial ovarian serous cancer arising in endometrioma is an uncommon phenomenon. Here, we present a case of postmenopausal high-grade carcinoma associated with endometrioma. A 64-year-old woman attended the clinic pelvic pain and persistent vaginal discharge. Ultrasonography revealed endometrial thickness 37*23 mm left cystic adnexal mass. During operation, solid mass grossly located cul-de-...

Infertility is a main manifestation of endometriosis, though the exact pathogenesis endometriosis-associated infertility remains unclear. Compromised ovarian functions may be one causes endometriosis related infertility. The function can classified into three basic elements, (1) production hormones, (2) maintenance follicular development until ovulation, and (3) reservoir dormant oocytes (ovari...