A woman in her seventies presented with mucous hematochezia. Colonoscopy revealed a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma in the upper rectum. Immunohistochemical staining showed CK7 positivity and CK20/CDX2 negativity, findings atypical for …
Endometriosis affects 10% of women of childbearing age and 25-50% of infertile women worldwide. Although most patients with endometriosis are completely asymptomatic, there is still a significant proportion of patients, …
Endometriosis is traditionally conceptualized as a pelvic lesion-centered disease; however, mounting evidence indicates it is a chronic, systemic, and multifactorial inflammatory disorder. This review examines the molecular dialog between ectopic …
Chronic low-grade inflammation is increasingly recognized as a contributing factor to female infertility. Elevated levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 are observed in ovarian conditions including …
To demonstrate a step-by-step technique of intraoperative intraureteric indocyanine green (ICG) administration under cystoscopic guidance to localize intraoperative ureters under near-infrared fluorescence imaging during laparoscopic deep endometriosis surgery. The standardization …
This report presents a patient with deeply infiltrating bladder endometriosis who underwent laparoscopic excision with partial cystectomy, revealing focal atypical endometrial hyperplasia within the bladder nodule on histopathology. The case …
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Acute abdomen is a common indication to surgery in paediatric emergency departments. Appendicitis is the most frequent diagnosis, followed by bowel obstruction and female genital conditions. Some rare aetiologies may …
Female infertility is a multifactorial condition with complex biological and clinical underpinnings. Biologically, female-related infertility may stem from disruptions in the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian (HPO) axis, impaired folliculogenesis, oocyte maturation defects, uterine …
To determine the prevalence and laterality of endometriosis in adolescents with obstructed Müllerian duct anomalies.