Clinical Presentation of Ovarian Tumors

Clinical Presentation of Ovarian Tumors

Ovarian malignancy is a serious disease affecting women of all ages, more so above 50 years, and they are still difficult to treat, partly because no truly effective therapy has yet been developed although presentation is often vague and non-specific, the symptoms are definitely present. It is important to recognize the symptoms so far, there is no test yet available, which is truly specific an...

Clinical Presentation of Brain Tumors

I-44: 3D Ultrasonography of Ovarian Tumors

A prospective study was conducted at the OB/GYN department of Kasr El Eini hospital, Cairo University from Jan 2000 - Oct 2002. The study included 51 patients in the age group between 40-70 years (including pre and post menopausal women). All patients were subjected to following after taking a consent from each patient: Complete clinical evaluation; including history taking and clinical examina...

Pediatric Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumors of the Airway: Two Case Reports with Varying Clinical Presentation

Introduction: An inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare tumor of intermediate malignant potential. It may occur in a wide range of anatomical locations. One-third are found in the respiratory tract. We report two cases of IMT of the airway diagnosed at our institution.   Case Report: Case 1: A 6-year-old male child presented with a 1-month history of hoarseness of the voice. On ...

Borderline Brenner tumors associated with ovarian cyst - case presentation.

Borderline Brenner tumors represent quite a rare entity of ovarian tumors (about 2%) that develop from the surface ovarian epithelium. They are formed from papillary structures made of fibrovascular conjunctive axes covered by a transition epithelium, similar to the urinary bladder epithelium. According to the WHO classification, Brenner tumors present the following forms: benign, borderline an...