CA 125 levels in patients with schistosomiasis infertility

Twenty-five women with schistosomiasis infertility and 20 fertile women were included in this study for estimation of CA 125. There was statistically significant increase of CA 125 in Bilharzial infertility group [mean 46.93 U/ml] as compared to the in control group [mean-18.23 U/ml]. Follow-up laparoscopically and serologically revealed increased mean value after 6 months and after one year [52.12 U/ml. and 67.46 U/ml respectively]. This increase run in parallel with graduation of endometriosis from occult to manifest endometriosis, so cases with bilharzial infertility may be a subject of occult endometriosis which can be detected by CA 125

Endometrial pattern in primary infertile pelvic schistosomiasis

43 primary infertile pelvic bilharzial women were subjected to Premenstual endometrial biopsy. Endometrial biopsy was in the form of; Proliferative endometrium in 65.11%, secretory endometrium in 25.58%, cystic glandular hyperplesia in 4.65% and no case of schistosomal endometritis was encountered

Hysterosalpingography pattern in primary infertil pelvic schistosomiasis

43 bilharzial primary infertile patients were subjected to Lipidol hysterosalpingography in order to obtain hysterosalpingographic picture for pelvic bilharziasis. Our hysterosalpinographic pattern was in the form of coiling of the tube, coiling of the tube and collection of the dye around fimbria and dilatation and with little extent persistent tubal shadow. Schistosomaisis does not affect the tubal potency

Urine fluid beta-endorphin in pelvic schistosomiasis infertility

Twenty infertile women with pelvic schistosomiasis and twenty fertile women in the same age group and in the same phase of the menstrual cycle [luteal phase] as a control were enrolled in this work to study the role of uterine fluid beta-endorphin in pelvic schistosomiasis. There was statistically significant difference [P<0.05] in the uterine fluid beta-endorphin between the two groups, but no statisticlally insignificant difference [P>0.05] regarding the serum level. This emphasize the role of local production of beta-endorphin in the uterine fluid and it's role in fertility

Laparoscopic picture of primary infertil pelvic schistosomiasis

43 primary infertile bilharzial patients were subjected to laparascopy, aiming to describe a full laparascopic picture in pelvic schistosomiasis. It was in the form of thickened tube, increased tortuosity, nodules in the peritoneum of douglas and uterovesical pouch, sandy patches in the mesosalpinx, and in Douglas pouch, filmy peritubal ahesions and dense pelvic adhesion, regarding the fimbria in pelvic schistosomiasis it was in the form of fimbrial dilatation, indrawing the fimbria, protrusion of granulation tissue, and multiple small greyish nodules