World journal of clinical cases

BACKGROUND: Uterine adenomyosis and pulmonary endometriosis are exceptionally rare in adolescents and can pose significant diagnostic challenges due to their nonspecific clinical presentation and imaging features, which may mimic malignancy…

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a clinical condition characterized by the presence of endometrial glands outside the uterine cavity. While its incidence remains mostly uncertain, endometriosis impacts around 180 million women worldwide. Despite…

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting a significant proportion of women of reproductive age. Although laparoscopic surgery is commonly the preferred treatment, the decision to preserve or remove the ovaries …

BACKGROUND Currently, the use of dienogest in clinical practice has increased significantly, and many studies have focused on its effectiveness and safety in the treatment of endometriosis and adenomyosis; however, the effects of treatment …

BACKGROUND: Ischemic stroke is a rare event associated with an elevated risk of blood clot formation owing to an underlying malignancy. Herein, we present a case of ovarian carcinoma that led to cerebral infarction. CASE SUMMARY: A 43-year…

BACKGROUND: Gynaecologists should be aware of a rare obstructive Mullerian duct abnormality like Robert's uterus and perform further surgery when necessary. CASE SUMMARY: We report a 41-year-old mother of two children with Robert's uterus w…

BACKGROUND: Microwave endometrial ablation (MEA) is a minimally invasive treatment for menorrhagia. It has been covered by the national insurance in Japan since April 2012, and its demand has been increasing as the importance of women's hea…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a common gynecological disorder that affects women of reproductive age. It is characterized by a cancer-like invasion of the extra-uterine endometrium and exhibits a strong association with ovarian clear cell ca…

BACKGROUND: Lung endometriosis is an extremely rare gynecological disease. Current literature reports suggest that the majority of patients will present with only generic symptoms, such as hemoptysis, pneumothorax, and hemopneumothorax, whi…

BACKGROUND: The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) is widely used in contraception, menorrhagia, dysmenorrhea and to prevent endometrial hyperplasia during estrogen supplementation. Perforation is more often seen after e…

BACKGROUND: Polypoid endometriosis (PEM) is a rare and unique type of endometriosis. To date, no article has provided a systematic report of this disease. The current article provides a complete report on rare PEM based on ultrasound, magne…

Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the five fundamental principles of Islam, and it is obligatory for healthy Muslim adults and adolescents. During the fasting month, Muslims usually have two meals a day, suhur (before dawn) and …

BACKGROUND: Uterine rupture is a fatal medical complication with a high mortality rate. Most cases of uterine rupture occur in late pregnancy or during labor and are mainly related to uterine scarring due to previous surgical procedures. Ad…

BACKGROUND: Moyamoya disease is essentially an ischemic cerebrovascular disease. Here, we describe a case of acute recurrent cerebral infarction caused by moyamoya disease with concurrent adenomyosis which, to our knowledge, is the first in…

BACKGROUND: Tubal endometriosis (TEM) is a category of pelvic endometriosis (EM) that is characterized by ectopic endometrial glands and/or stroma within any part of the fallopian tube. The fallopian tubes may be a partial source of ovarian…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis affects approximately 10% of reproductive-age women, however, endometriosis associated malignant transformation is rare and is often report as a rare case. CASE SUMMARY: computed tomography and magnetic resonance i…

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic myomectomy is increasingly used for resecting gynecological tumors. Leiomyomas require morcellation for retrieval from the peritoneal cavity. However, morcellated fragments may implant on the peritoneal cavity durin…

BACKGROUND: Deep endometriosis (DE) is the most aggressive subtype of endometriosis. The diagnosis may be challenging, and no biomarkers that can discriminate women with DE from those without DE have been developed. AIM: To evaluate the rol…

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of perineal endometriosis (PEM) is low among women with endometriosis (EM) treated by surgery. It manifests as hard or cystic nodules with pain in the perineal wounds and surrounding areas. Implantation theory is …

BACKGROUND: Accessory and cavitated uterine mass (ACUM) is an uncommon form of connate Müllerian anomaly seen in young and nulliparous women, which presents as chronic periodic pelvic pain and severe dysmenorrhea. The entity is often underd…

BACKGROUND: To describe the characteristics, diagnosis and surgical treatment of inguinal endometriosis (IEM). CASE SUMMARY: We retrospectively analyzed 10 patients diagnosed with IEM at Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital from 2011 to 2019. Relevan…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis (EMs), an estrogen-dependent disease, refers to the appearance of mucosa-covered endometrial tissues (glandular and interstitial) growing in the uterine cavity outside the uterine myometrium. It is commonly seen in…

BACKGROUND: A cystic lesion arising from the myometrium of the uterus, termed as cystic adenomyosis, has chocolate-like, thick viscous contents and contains various amounts of endometrial stroma below the glandular epithelium. It is an extr…

BACKGROUND: Abdominal wall endometriosis can occur secondary to gynecological and obstetric pelvic laparotomy; however, this is a rare clinical event. There are few cases of endometriosis involving the incision site of a laparoscopic surger…

BACKGROUND: Massive hemorrhagic ascites caused by endometriosis is exceedingly rare, and the treatment strategy remains controversial. Here, we report a case of endometriosis with massive hemorrhagic ascites treated with a novel triple ther…