The Mount Sinai journal of medicine, New York

Leiomyomas (fibroids) are the most common tumors in women, with a prevalence between 30% and 50%. They affect women primarily during their reproductive years, spontaneously regressing after menopause in most women. They may cause significan…

We report a case of a premenopausal woman with severe constipation causing intermittent obstruction. Colonoscopy revealed a tight rectal stricture; however, mucosal biopsies were normal. Exploratory surgery revealed an intense fibrotic reac…

Hemoptysis can be caused by a variety of pulmonary diseases, including parasitic infections, tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis and malignancies. Rarely, pulmonary endometriosis can present with hemoptysis and pose a diagnostic problem to cli…

Colonic endometriosis is an uncommon lesion usually found in premenopausal women. We describe two postmenopausal women with colonic endometriosis that resulted in colonic obstruction. One of the women was receiving estrogen-replacement ther…

Subjective patient complaints as they relate to bladder endometriosis have been well reported. Objective findings have been lacking. The case reported on demonstrates the cystometric finding of a small-capacity irritable bladder in a patien…

Endometriosis affects 8%-15% of all women, and of these 3%-37% have intestinal involvement. Affected women are typically of childbearing age and of low parity, with a history of cyclic abdominal pain and progressive dysmenorrhea. Endometrio…

Laparoscopy was performed on 384 patients for diagnosis (96) or sterilization (193). All were inpatient procedures under general endotracheal anesthesia with assisted ventilation using the double puncture technique. Contraindications to lap…