1/20. Oral contraceptives: therapeutic uses and quality-of-life benefits--case presentations.Numerous studies have shown that oral contraceptives (OC) provide protection against a wide variety of illnesses and conditions, including loss of bone density, ovarian cysts, menstrual cycle irregularities, dysmenorrhea and menorrhagia, ectopic pregnancy, pelvic inflammatory disease, benign breast disease, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer. How OC can be used not only for contraception but also to improve health among women throughout their reproductive years is illustrated by four case presentations: an adolescent with menstrual problems; a 25-year-old mulligravida who wishes to delay childbearing; a 35-year-old who has completed her family and requests tubal ligation; and a 45-year-old with perimenopausal symptoms. In view of their numerous health benefits, OC are to reproductive-age women as hormone replacement therapy is to menopausal women.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = life (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/20. Collagenous spherulosis mimicking keratinizing squamous metaplasia in a borderline endometrioid tumour of the ovary.AIMS: Collagenous spherulosis (CS) is a rare lesion which is an incidental finding in breast and salivary glands. It is characterized by fibrillar spherules exhibiting an intrinsic radiating or concentric pattern which are surrounded by myoepithelial cells. This entity can be misdiagnosed as adenoid cystic carcinoma and in-situ ductal carcinoma. methods AND RESULTS: We report here the first case of CS arising in a borderline endometrioid tumour of the ovary where it merged with squamous metaplasia. CONCLUSION: This observation illustrates another pitfall of CS which can be misidentified as keratin pearls. The pathogenesis remains unclear but it has been claimed that the accumulation of basement membrane material may be due to the proliferation of pre-existing myoepithelial cells that secrete matrix components. Since ovarian tumours do not contain myoepithelial cells, one should assume that the epithelial cells differentiate towards myoepithelial cells as it has been shown in vitro and ex vivo.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.25keywords = life (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/20. A case of huge ovarian cyst of 21-year-old young woman.Huge ovarian tumors are rarely seen in modern surgical practice. As health care education and access to hospitals have improved over the past 30 years, the number of these reports have become almost negligible. However, these huge ovarian tumors still present many challenge, even life-threatening risks due to severe cardiovascular, pulmonary, and circulatory problems, including technical difficulties of surgery, massive hemorrhage, and postoperative complications. A knowledge of the deranged physiology and its management may avert these complications. We present the case of a 21-year-old woman with huge ovarian tumor. The total weight of the tumor was 136 pounds (62 kg). She was treated surgically with good results.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.25keywords = life (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/20. Two cases of supernumerary ovary: one with large fibroma with Meig's syndrome and the other with endometriosis and cystic change.Reports of supernumerary ovaries are rare. We describe two such cases, one with fibroma and the other with endometriosis and cystic change. A large fibroma measuring 17.4 x 12.0 x 7.5 cm in size was found in the supernumerary ovary of the omentum in the first case of a 47-year-old married woman with Meig's syndrome. The second case was associated with endometriosis and cystic change, measuring 11 x 5 x 3 cm in size and located in the upper abdominal cavity. It was attached to the uterus of a 28-year-old pregnant woman who had neither fibroma nor Meig's syndrome. Histologically, corpus albicans and a few primordial germ cells were demonstrated, respectively. A fibroma showing a storiform pattern was found in the first case. The second case had endometriosis and a thin-walled cyst with bleeding and necrosis caused by torsion. Immunohistochemically, desmin, alpha-smooth muscle actin, c-kit, CA125, Na /K ATPase, overexpression of p53, myc and ras were all negative in the fibroma cells of the first case, and in the endometriosis and cyst wall of the second case. The fibroma cells were positive for vimentin and estrogen receptor, and the proliferating cell nuclear antigen was sporadically demonstrated in their nuclei. The mutation of the p53 gene at exons 5-8 was not detected by sequence analysis. Using RT-PCR, bax, bcl-2 and p16 were not detected either. Clinically, the two cases presented here did not show abnormal hormonal symptoms. They were diagnosed as abdominal tumors or masses. Based on these considerations, one might assume that supernumerary ovaries are probably more frequent than reported at present.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.25keywords = life (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/20. Colonic stricture secondary to torsion of an ovarian cyst.intestinal obstruction in the newborn is a potentially life-threatening complication. The most common causes are meconium plug, meconium ileus, intestinal atresia, intestinal malrotation, and Hirschprung's disease. We present an unusual case of intestinal obstruction caused by torsion of an ovarian cyst. The left fimbria and ovary swirled around the sigmoid colon, causing colonic stricture.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.25keywords = life (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/20. Genital tract tumors in proteus syndrome: report of a case of bilateral paraovarian endometrioid cystic tumors of borderline malignancy and review of the literature.proteus syndrome is a rare, sporadic disorder that causes postnatal overgrowth of multiple tissues in a mosaic pattern. Characteristic manifestations include: overgrowth and hypertrophy of limbs and digits, connective tissue nevus, epidermal nevus and hyperostoses. Various benign and malignant tumors and hamartomas may complicate the clinical course of patients with the syndrome. Commonly encountered tumors include hemangiomas, lymphangiomas and lipomas. Tumors of the genital tract occur less often. Bilateral ovarian cystadenomas are regarded as having diagnostic value in proteus syndrome when occurring within the first two decades of life. We describe a 3-year-old girl with proteus syndrome who developed bilateral paraovarian villoglandular endometrioid cystadenomatous tumors of borderline malignancy (low malignant potential) of the broad ligament. Desmoplastic tumor implants, presumably noninvasive, were present in biopsies from the pelvic floor, cul-de-sac and omentum. This is the first recognized example of a cystic borderline epithelial tumor of the female genital tract and the first paraovarian tumor reported in a patient with proteus syndrome. Previously reported tumors and cystic lesions involving the female genital tract and the male genital tract in patients with proteus syndrome are reviewed. We suspect that specific testicular and paratesticular tumors may prove to have the same diagnostic value in proteus syndrome as do bilateral cystic ovarian and paraovarian tumors.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.25keywords = life (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/20. Ovarian hyperstimulation-like syndrome after administration of triptorelin to a woman with endometriosis.Ovarian hyperstimulation after a single dose of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analog is a rare phenomenon. A case of ovarian hyperstimulation-like syndrome after sole administration of triptorelin (Decapeptyl 3.75 mg) is reported in a woman who had undergone surgery for an endometriotic cyst. After administration of the drug, abdominal pressure increased with nausea and diffuse pelvic pain. Ultrasound examination showed bilateral enlargement of the ovaries (right 74 x 62 mm, left 62 x 53 mm), more than 10 follicles ranging in diameter from 15-25 mm, proliferative endometrium 7 mm thick and fluid in the Douglas pouch up to 25 x 23 mm thick. estradiol plasma level was in the normal range. The syndrome spontaneously resolved in the course of treatment and a spontaneous pregnancy occurred when the triptorelin effect disappeared.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.25keywords = life (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/20. Two episodes of hemoperitoneum from luteal cysts rupture in a patient with congenital factor x deficiency.The clinical manifestation of two episodes of hemoperitoneum from ruptured corpus luteum cysts, during the luteal phase of the cycle in a young patient with the rare congenital factor x deficiency, is reported for the first time in literature. The correct diagnosis of the underlying disorder, the gynecological management and the regular follow-up can minimize the risks of this potentially life-threatening hematological disorder.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.25keywords = life (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/20. Pelviscopic treatment of ovarian cysts in premenopausal women.Between 1984 and 1989, 773 patients less than or equal to 45 years of age, presenting with a total of 809 ovarian cysts, underwent pelviscopy at the Department of obstetrics and gynecology of Kiel University. In 36 cases, cysts were bilateral. 678 cysts (84%) were treated by pelviscopy alone. Organ-preserving treatment was performed in 83%, oophorectomy or adnexectomy in only 17% of cases. Two stage Ia ovarian carcinomas (0.26% of all cysts) were operated on by pelviscopy before laparotomy. Sonography is particularly important in determining whether a pelviscopic approach is appropriate. Pelviscopic procedures are unacceptable in multilocular cysts measuring greater than or equal to 7 cm in diameter with echo-dense components. Special caution is required for any cyst measuring greater than 9 cm in diameter. The risk of opening a malignant cyst must be weighed against the advantages of pelviscopic surgery: minimal physical strain, better postoperative quality of life, and organ conservation. In doubtful cases, laparotomy is recommended.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.25keywords = life (Clic here for more details about this article) |
10/20. Giant bilateral ovarian cysts in an adolescent masked by obesity and mimicking ascites: a case report.ovarian cysts are a common pathology after the 4th decade of life. We can find either smaller functional, non-neoplastic ones (belonging to the follicular and luteinic varieties) or larger tumoral cysts, which, however, are usually benign. These may be of the serous or mucinous type and can sometimes reach really large sizes. Reports of giant ovarian manifestations were more frequent a few decades ago. Prior to the advent of modern radiological, ultrasonographic, tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging techniques, diagnosis was often difficult. Nevertheless, even today, in some cases (as a result of pronounced obesity, for example, associated perhaps with diagnostic negligence), cases of giant ovarian cysts may still be encountered. We report the case of a (previously obese) 19-year-old female, admitted to our hospital for presumed ascites, identified and ultrasonographically misdiagnosed by her gynaecologist. The patient was, in fact, suffering from giant serous cystoadenomas in both ovaries.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.25keywords = life (Clic here for more details about this article) |
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