Minas Paschopoulos

Hysteroscopy provides direct visualization of the uterine cavity; however, diagnostic outcomes remain highly operator-dependent and subjective. This study aimed to develop an automated deep learning framework based on the ConvNeXt-XLarge ar…

Background and Objectives: The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the medical field is rapidly expanding. This review aims to explore and summarize all published research on the development and validation of deep learning (DL) models in…

Endometriosis is a gynaecological condition affecting reproductive-age women. In case of ovarian endometriosis, there is cystic formation, called endometrioma. Although laparoscopic cystectomy is established as the gold standard for the tre…

This manuscript presents a case of a 35-year-old nulligravida premenopausal woman who presented with acute abdominal pain due to pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS). PCS is characterized by multiple pathophysiological mechanisms and various cl…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this narrative review is to evaluate existing questionnaires on predictive models for endometriosis. These symptom-based models have the potential to serve as screening tools for adult women to detect endometriosis. D…

Endometriosis is a chronic benign inflammatory disease that affects women of reproductive age. The clinical presentations of endometriosis include dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, chronic pelvic pain, and infertility. There is a well-established …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the relation of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) family peptides with inflammatory processes and oncogenesis, emphasizing in vulvar inflammatory, premalignant and malignant lesions, as well as to investigate the …

INTRODUCTION: Adenomyosis is a common chronic disease in women of reproductive age, characterised by the presence of ectopic endometrial tissue within myometrium. Even though adenomyosis presents with chronic pelvic pain, menorrhagia or abn…

Fertility preservation techniques, such as cryopreservation of ovarian tissue, embryos, and oocytes, offer hope for future reproduction to individuals facing conditions like cancer or severe haematologic disorders. While the scientific evid…

Inguinal endometriosis is a very rare entity with uncertain pathophysiology, that poses several diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. This study aimed to summarize published literature on the diagnosis and treatment of this condition. Thus…

Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumours in the reproductive system. They are proliferations of smooth muscle cells of the myometrium containing a large quantity of extracellular matrix and they are surrounded by a pseudo capsule…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the proposed criteria in a large sample and in additional subgroups in order to test the validity of the hysteroscopic features widely-accepted as suggestive of CE. METHOD(S): All patients (n: 2675) underwent outpatien…

Little is known about Endometriosis in Adolescents and its prevalence is yet to be estimated. Traditional Endometriosis seems to be, by far, quite different with this unique variant when it comes to clinical presentation, management and cou…

Endometriosis-related chronic pelvic pain is a major component of the disease that affects quality of life in women of reproductive age suffering from endometriosis. The present review summarizes current evidence upon pathophysiology and it…

Purpose: Tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) and pelvic abscess are characterized by an inflammatory pelvic mass. In the majority of cases, this condition involves the ovaries, the fallopian tubes and/or any other adjacent tissue. TOA is considered …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists (GnRH-a) on fertility in women with mild endometriosis who are undergoing in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) procedures. DESIGN: Prospective, ra…

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the response of the various hyperplastic disorders of the endometrium to a prolonged treatment with leuprolide acetate, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-a), plus tibolone, as add-back therapy, and fu…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the association of the estrogen receptor two-allele (point) polymorphism and multiallele (microsatellite) polymorphism with endometriosis. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING: Genetics and Endoscopy Unit, Department …