Transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-β1) expression in patients with adenomyosis.

Objective: To compare Transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-β1) expression in patients with and without adenomyosis.

Methods: A prospective design was performed including 49 patients submitted to hysterectomy. Immunohistochemistry was performed on anatomopathological samples staged in paraffin blocks from patients with and without adenomyosis.

PIWIL2 is overexpressed in adenomyotic lesions of women with diffuse adenomyosis.

Purpose: Adenomyosis has been studied throughout the years, however, its aetiology and physiopathology are still unknown. The aim of this study was to identify the presence of PIWI proteins in women with adenomyosis.

Methods: We included 72 participants to be part of this study and were divided into two groups based on their anatomopathological diagnosis, control (n = 36) or adenomyosis (n = 36).

Correlations among algometry, the visual analogue scale, and the numeric rating scale to assess chronic pelvic pain in women.

Objective: To investigate the correlation between the numerical rating scale, visual analogue scale, and pressure threshold by algometry in women with chronic pelvic pain.

Study Design: This was a cross-sectional study. We included 47 patients with chronic pelvic pain.

[Follicle stimulating hormone as predictor of mobile spermatozoa in testicular biopsy of azoospermic patients].

Objective: To define predictive factors of mobile spermatozoa recovery in azoospermic patients.

Methods: Testicular volume, serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), prolactin (PRL) and testosterone levels were assessed in 60 azoospermic patients. Patients underwent bilateral testicular biopsy with local anesthesia.