Pedro Acién

We have read with interest the writing of Martin and Koninckx (1Martin D, Koninckx PR. Juvenile cystic adenomyomas: acquired adenomyosis variant or congenital Müllerian defects? F S Rep. In press.Google Scholar) as well as the publication o…

Additional file 1: Table S1. Clinical publications on the use of Aromatase Inhibitors in women with endometriosis. CPP, chronic pelvic pain; VAS, visual analogue scale; OCP, oral contraceptive pill.

Additional file 1: Table S1. Clinical publications on the use of Aromatase Inhibitors in women with endometriosis. CPP, chronic pelvic pain; VAS, visual analogue scale; OCP, oral contraceptive pill.

BACKGROUND: To study the effectiveness of an aromatase inhibitor (Anastrozole) associated with levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis. METHODS: Prospective, randomized clinical tri…

Abstract Background To study the effectiveness of an aromatase inhibitor (Anastrozole) associated with levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis. Methods Prospective, randomized clinic…

Abstract Background To study the effectiveness of an aromatase inhibitor (Anastrozole) associated with levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis. Methods Prospective, randomized clinic…

AIM: To evaluate if the long-term results (on fertility, need of hysterectomy and persistence of endometriosis) after a minimally invasive intervention (transvaginal ultrasound-guided puncture-aspiration [TUGPA]) for endometriomas are signi…

Abstract Background: To study the effectiveness of an aromatase inhibitor (Anastrozole) associated to levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis.Methods: Prospective, randomized clinic…

Abstract Background: To study the effectiveness of an aromatase inhibitor (Anastrozole) associated to levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis. Methods: Prospective, randomized clinic…

Abstract Background: To study the effectiveness of an aromatase inhibitor (Anastrozole) associated to levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis. Methods: Prospective, randomized clinic…

In this review, the elements included in both sex determination and sex differentiation are briefly analyzed, exposing the pathophysiological and clinical classification of disorders or anomalies of sex development. Anomalies in sex determi…

Background: Effectiveness of Anastrozole and levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD, Mirena®) in the treatment of endometriosis. Methods: Randomized clinical trial. Elegibility criteria: Endometriomas >3×4 cm, CA…

OBJECTIVES: To study endometriosis-associated borderline or malignant ovarian epithelial tumors by analyzing their differential clinical features, as well as the histological pattern, survival and immunohistochemical data compared with thos…

UNLABELLED: To help physicians and radiologists in the diagnosis of female genito-urinary malformations, especially of complex cases, the embryology of the female genital tract, the basis for Müllerian development anomalies, the current cla…

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International Journal of Women’s Health Is a bowel resection necessary for deep endometriosis with rectovaginal or colorectal involvement?

AIMS: To determine the prevalence of endometriosis in epithelial ovarian cancers (EOC) and the association among their histological subtypes and with endometrial carcinoma. METHODS: An observational cohort study performed in 192 patients o…

OBJECTIVE: A randomised and controlled experimental study was carried out to determine the effect of short and long series of treatment with recombinant human interferon-alpha-2b on surgically induced endometriosis in rats. STUDY DESIGN: N…

Endometriosis, a gynecologic pathology, is defined by the presence of a tissue similar to uterine endometrium, which is located in places other than physiologically appropriate. These endometrial heterotopic islets contain glands and stroma…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this paper is to report the long-term results of surgery without bowel resection in patients suffering from deep infiltrating endometriosis with rectovaginal or colorectal involvement. METHODS: This retrospective…

Six cases with a coexistence of endometriosis and genital anomalies among 112 patients with external endometriosis and 90 patients with genital anomaly were detected. Three cases of severe endometriosis associated with uterovaginal duplicat…

This case with Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome and right ovarian endometriosis was previously presented as a proof against the transplant theory of Sampson. New operative findings showed a functioning endometrium in a right occult rudimen…

Immunological changes and gene expression anomalies are involved in the etiopathophysiology of endometriosis, although how these alterations are connected is not well established. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship betw…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical, therapeutic, and pathologic features of published cases presenting primary squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the ovary associated with endometriosis. METHODS: A case report, 15 cases of infiltrating SCC o…