OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate MRI findings of ovarian endometrioid carcinoma (OEC) as a predictor of histological grade. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study included 60 patients with histopathologically confirmed OEC (…
We present a rare case of phosphoglyceride crystal deposition disease (PCDD), as a gynecologic disease, with reference to histogenesis of crystal deposition. An 84-year-old woman, who had undergone simple hysterectomy for uterine leiomyoma …
Hydrogen peroxide-inducible clone-5 (Hic-5) is a focal adhesion scaffold protein primarily expressed in vascular and visceral smooth muscle cells. We recently generated mice lacking Hic-5, which grew with no apparent abnormality (Kim-Kaneya…
PURPOSE: To determine whether there is any association between the expression of endometrial integrin alphavbeta3 and repeated IVF-ET failure and to examine the effect of danazol treatment on alphavbeta3 expression. METHODS: This prospecti…
Decidualized ovarian endometriosis mimicking malignancy.K Miyakoshi, M Tanaka, D Gabionza, K Takamatsu, T Miyazaki, Y Yuasa, M Mukai and Y YoshimuraAudio Available | Share
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of danazol on in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) patients who failed to conceive in previous attempts despite having embryos with optimal morphology, whether endometriosis is present or not. …
PURPOSE: Our purpose was to assess the morphology and ultrastructural changes in the tubal epithelium following catheterization of the fallopian tube. METHODS: Fallopian tubes were obtained from 20 women who had undergone hysterectomies. C…