Publications by authors named "Charalampos Stamatopoulos"

Herein is presented the case report of a patient who had severe dysmenorrhea since menarche, known right unicornuate uterus with a left rudimentary horn, and recurrent hematometra. Previous hysteroscopic drainage of the hematometra temporarily alleviated the symptoms. At subsequent hysteroscopy, 3 cavities were identified, 2 corresponding to the uterine horns and the other to a cervical diverticulum.

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Study Objective: To estimate the diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in detection of myomas and adenomyosis of the uterus.

Design: Prospective cohort observational study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: Department of obstetrics and gynecology, tertiary academic hospital.

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Malignant transformation of mature cystic teratomas is uncommon but present in clinical practice. Especially in postmenopausal women, the clinical manifestation of a mature teratoma with undiagnosed malignant transformation as acute abdomen is extremely rare. In these cases, total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is the treatment choice since the chance of malignancy is high.

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