Advances in clinical and experimental medicine : official organ Wroclaw Medical University

BACKGROUND: Thoracic endometriosis syndrome (TES) is the most common extrapelvic manifestation of endometriosis, yet its classification, diagnosis, and treatment remain debated. Thoracic endometriosis syndrome has recently been proposed to …

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory pathology that can cause persistent pelvic pain and infertility by affecting women of reproductive age. It is defined as the placement of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Hor…

Endometriosis is a pseudoneoplastic disease that has a significant personal and social impact. Unlike other neoplastic diseases, its management is burdened by uncertainty and controversy. The aim of this article is to furnish clinicians wit…

BACKGROUND: Clinical cases have been reported with women who got pregnant with confirmed low serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentrations, thus demonstrating that low serum AMH concentration cut-points could be fairly specific for poor…

BACKGROUND: Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are more often used in various products, and consequently the potential deleterious effects associated with exposure to them are of concern. Several lines of evidence have demonstrated that the toxic…

An approach to ovarian endometrial cysts has changed considerably during recent years, especially in regard to treatment of recurrent endometriosis, fertility sparing and infertility management. Surgical treatment is the primary therapeutic…

BACKGROUND: Pregnancy with an adnexal mass is one of the most common complications during pregnancy and clinicians are sometimes caught in a dilemma concerning the decision to be made regarding clinical management. OBJECTIVES: The objectiv…

Adenomyosis seems to be the most widespread coexistent pathology included under the umbrella of common benign disorders of the human uterus. The incidence of adenomyosis is under discussion since different imaging criteria are used. In the …

Telocytes are emerging cell population localized in the stroma of numerous organs, characterized by a distinctive morphology - small cell body with very long, slender prolongations, termed telopodes. Those cells can be found in the whole fe…

BACKGROUND: One of the underestimated causes of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women may be pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS) that is defined as the presence of varicose of ovarian and pelvic veins associated with chronic pain in the region of…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis is one of the most common chronic gynecological diseases. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the study was to examine the effects of curcumin and/or deferoxamine on cell proliferation in a rat model of endometriosis. MATERIA…

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis (EM) interferes with the reproductive process and affects the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF). Inflammatory cytokines are suggested to play a role in infertility in patients with EM. OBJECTIVES: In th…