F W Ling

Endometriosis generally causes pain that is cyclic and generally responds to medication and/or surgery. When endometriosis is found coincidentally, it may need no treatment because many women have endometriosis as a self-limited disease. In…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and compare the safety and efficacy of leuprolide versus placebo in managing chronic pelvic pain in women with clinically suspected endometriosis. METHODS: Women 18-45 years of age with moderate to severe pelvic pain…

The basic approach to the patient with chronic pelvic pain as practiced at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, has been described here. Using this approach allows the practicing physician to evaluate and manage realistically or refer appr…

The approach to the patient with CPP with a history of PID remains a diagnostic challenge even for the experienced clinician. From the initial diagnosis of presumed PID to managing the pain that may result, using an approach that looks at a…

The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) was administered to 108 chronic pelvic pain patients and 96 non-pain controls in a public sector ambulatory clinic, and to 58 private gynaecology outpatients without pain. Sharp differences emerge…

Ovarian abscess is a rare gynecologic entity; only 120 cases have been reported in the world literature. In contrast to the more commonly encountered tubo-ovarian abscess, tubal involvement is absent in the ovarian abscess. This report desc…

We present and characterize eight patients who were referred for gynaecologic evaluation of chronic pelvic pain but were found to have their symptoms resulting from urethral syndrome secondary to chronic urethritis. All patients complained …

This study evaluates the long-term outcome of 99 women who underwent hysterectomy for pelvic pain of at least 6 months' duration. All had symptoms and physical examination findings suggestive of disease confined to the uterus. Patients were…

Splenosis is the autotransplantation of splenic tissue that usually follows traumatic rupture of the spleen. These splenic implants may be located anywhere within the peritoneal cavity. Although a relatively rare entity, when present these …

Splenosis is the autotransplantation of splenic tissue that usually follows traumatic rupture of the spleen. These splenic implants may be located anywhere within the peritoneal cavity. Although a relatively rare entity, when present these …