[Introduction and Purpose] Schwannoma, also referred to as neurilemoma and neurinoma, is a benign nerve sheath tumor which usually occur in the soft tissues of the head and neck and extremities. When the tumors are located in deep structures such as the mediastinum and the retroperitoneum, those tend to be larger masses with degenerative changes as ancient (degenerated) schwannoma. Because schw...

BACKGROUND The authors used the lipid index (WL) to monitor lipid changes before and after surgery. The surgical operation performed was the simultaneous enucleation of a cystic tumor of the hilum ovarii in its entirety (with diagnosis of a simple cyst or teratoma adultum) in groups of 20 patients. OBJECTIVES To compare the lipid index WL in the blood serum of patients undergoing surgery trea...

poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus was admitted to hospital following 3 weeks of nausea and nocturnal vomiting, and weight loss of 4 kg. On physical examination, she had a soft abdomen and a palpable gallbladder. Abdominal radiography using water-soluble oral contrast medium (Figure 1) showed pooling in the pelvic region. Computed tomography performed immediately after radiography showe...

BACKGROUND Ruptured renal neoplasms can be a catastrophic clinical presentation. Angiomyolipoma is the commonest renal tumor which presents in this fashion. Renal sarcomas are rare renal neoplasms. Renal leiomyosarcomas are the most common histological subtype of renal sarcomas, accounting for approximately 50-60% of the reported cases. These tumors are usually peripherally located and appear t...

results: among 11 patients who underwent surgery consisted of eight males and three females. their metastasis originated from testis tumors (n = 5), renal cell carcinoma (rcc; n = 4), bladder tumor (n = 1), and prostate cancer (n = 1). their mean age was 41.27 years (range, 21-67). the mean age of the patients with rcc and testis tumor at the time of diagnosing metastasis was 54 and 24.8 years,...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to investigate the association between reproductive, contraceptive, and menstrual factors and risk of benign ovarian tumours. DESIGN AND SETTING This was a case-control study carried out in six London Hospitals. An interviewer administered questionnaire was used. SUBJECTS 62 women with a benign epithelial ovarian neoplasm, 37 women with a functional ovarian cyst,...

Since its discovery 10 years ago, the FIP1L1-PDGFRA mutation has been associated with a wide spectrum of hematopoietic neoplasms which range from T-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma, chronic eosinophilic leukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, myeloid sarcoma and systemic mastocytosis. Common between these neoplasms was eosinophila and sensitivity to imatinib and other tyrosin...

AIMS AND BACKGROUND Malignant mixed mesodermal tumor (MMMT) is a biphasic neoplasm (carcinosarcoma) composed of both epithelial and mesenchymal elements. Extragenital MMMT, including primary peritoneal MMMT, is an extremely rare tumor with features consistent with its origin from the secondary Müllerian system. The neoplastic elements of extragenital MMMT presumably arise directly from the meso...

While the incidence of endometriosis is up to 40-60% in women with severe dysmenorrhea/chronic pelvic pain, patients with subfertility carries a risk up to 20-30%. In symptomatic patients, although medical therapy is preferred in women with endometriosis, surgery might be needed in nonresponders or patients with an endometrioma. Following the surgery, recurrence of the disease and/or symptoms m...

Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC) is associated with significant morbidity, yet underlying mechanisms and diagnostic biomarkers remain unknown. Pelvic organs exhibit neural crosstalk by convergence of visceral sensory pathways, and rodent studies demonstrate distinct bacterial pain phenotypes, suggesting that the microbiome modulates pelvic pain in IC. Stool samples were obtained...