I Miyakawa

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus
case-report 2010
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000292339

The diagnosis of ureteral obstruction caused by endometriosis can be difficult. We present a 51-year-old multiparous Japanese women who had undergone right salpingo-oophorectomy at the age of 19 years. She underwent total hysterectomy, left…

review 2001
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine
lab-animal 2000
European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology ·doi:10.1016/s0301-2115(00)00293-1

OBJECTIVE: We visualized and investigated the intracellular calcium waves propagated by platelet-activating factor (PAF) in cultured human myometrial cells. STUDY DESIGN: Myometrial cells were stimulated with PAF ranging between 10(-8) and…

case-report 1999
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation ·doi:10.1159/000010139

In spite of many references to carcinoma arising from endometriosis at extrauterine sites, there are few documented cases of carcinoma developing in association with adenomyosis. We present 2 rare cases of adenocarcinoma arising from adenom…

other 1995
Human Reproduction ·doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a136065

Using immunohistochemical techniques, we studied the expression of c-erb B-2 in normal human endometrial tissue (n = 8), endometriosis interna (adenomyosis) (n = 8) and endometriosis externa (endometriotic cyst of the ovary) (n = 6). The gl…

case-report 1994
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1016/0020-7292(94)90030-2
other 1994
International journal of fertility and menopausal studies

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the potential role of prostaglandins (PGs) in tubal function in endometriosis. SUBJECTS: Fallopian tubes were obtained from 36 women undergoing abdominal total hysterectomy. METHODS: PG production of the human fa…

other 1994
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1016/0020-7292(94)90579-7
other 1994
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1016/0020-7292(94)90359-x
other 1992
International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ·doi:10.1016/0020-7292(92)90263-i

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the epithelium of an endometriotic lesion has eutopic endometrial glandular epithelium morphology or not for the histogenesis of endometriosis. METHOD: Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of the endometrium w…