BACKGROUND Situs inversus is an uncommon condition caused by a single autosomal recessive gene of incomplete penetration. A potential diagnostic dilemma can occur in the young female patient with a history of situs inversus who presents with pelvic pain. METHODS A 32-year-old multiparous patient with a known history of situs inversus presented with complaints of pelvic pain. A medical history...

BACKGROUND About 75% of the symptomatic patients who involved with endometriosis have pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea. Pentoxifyllin is one of the drugs that according to its mechanism could be effective for pain relief of endometriosis which has been used for endometriosis treatment recently. OBJECTIVE We conducted a comparative study for detecting the effect of pentoxifylin (as an immonomodela...

Urinary tract endometriosis has been reported to affect 1% of women with pelvic endometriosis,1 and approximately 10%of these women will have ureteric endometriosis.2 In a recent study, which included 627 women with histologically confirmed deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE), severe ureteric endometriosis (i.e. ureteric stenosis resulting in hydronephrosis) was found in 4.6% of women. This s...

As we know, Endometriosis, is a common cause of pelvic pain and infertility in our female patients. The primary goal for treating these patients is to relieve pain and/or improve fertility. Despite extensive research, the management of endometriosis is unclear. The management pathway often depends upon the goal of the patient. Both medical and surgical treatment options are available, yet there...

Adenomyosis is a gynaecological condition which due to the ingrowth of endometrium directly into myometrium. It primarily occurs in age group 35 years parous women. associated with menorrhagia (70%), pelvic endometriosis (40%), and dysmenorrhoea. These are chief complaints. And this requires surgical intervention attain cure, whereas homoeopathic Materia Medica consists remedies help treating w...

Endometriosis is a condition which involves the presence of uterine stroma and glands outside of the uterine cavity and represents one of the most prevalent disorders of the female reproductive tract. The key symptom of endometriosis is pain, including dysmenorrhea, deep dyspareunia, and chronic pelvic pain. As such, endometriosis has significant economic consequences within the healthcare syst...

Bladder endometriosis is a rare cause of a localized bladder mass, potentially mimicking a neoplasm at cross-sectional imaging. We present the case of a patient with cyclic pelvic pain and urinary symptoms secondary to bladder endometriosis, with characteristic pelvic ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging findings. Potential pathological mechanisms are discussed.

Instances of iatrogenic endometriosis after laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy are uncommon but have been reported in the literature in women undergoing hysterectomy for pelvic pain. A 41-year-old woman with no history of endometriosis developed cyclic pain and a mass in her lower abdominal wall after uterine morcellation for a laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy and sacrocolpopexy for...

Chronic pelvic pain in women is defined as persistent, noncyclic pain perceived to be in structures related to the pelvis and lasting more than six months. Often no specific etiology can be identified, and it can be conceptualized as a chronic regional pain syndrome or functional somatic pain syndrome. It is typically associated with other functional somatic pain syndromes (e.g., irritable bowe...

Chronic pelvic pain is a common debilitating condition affecting women and presents a major challenge to healthcare providers. Laparoscopy is the only test capable of diagnosing peritoneal endometriosis and adhesions. Gynaecologists have, therefore, seen it as an essential tool in the assessment of women with chronic pelvic pain. This article explores the role of surgery in the management of ch...