OBJECTIVE To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of Calretinin and Carcinoembryonic antigen as immunocytochemical markers in distinguishing mesothelial cells from metastatic adenocarcinoma cells in effusion cytology. METHODS This study included 50 patients who presented with effusions (26 pleural and 24 peritoneal), at Al-Kadhimya Teaching Hospital who were selected according to their pr...

Specimens of peritoneal fluid or peritoneal washings from a series of 106 patients who had had laparotomy or laparoscopy for gynaecological complaints were studied "blind" by conventional cytology and immunocytochemical staining. The antibodies used were Ca 1 or Ca 2, anti-CEA, and HMFG-2 or E29. All these are directed against epithelial antigens and are expressed on most malignant epithelial c...

PURPOSE To investigate the risk factors for appendiceal metastasis of epithelial ovarian cancer and compare findings with the previous studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred and thirty-four patients with epithelial ovarian cancer were assessed in this study. All of them had undergone a surgical procedure including appendectomy. Of these, 21 (15.7%) patients who had appendiceal metastasis ...

Malignant ovarian germ cell tumors (MOGCTs) in adolescents are rare. Although fertility-sparing surgery for such patients is suggested unequivocally, the necessity of staging surgery remains the subject of intense debate. Here, we evaluate the role of staging surgery in adolescents affected by MOGCTs and review the outcomes of these patients. We performed a retrospective study of patients aged ...

INTRODUCTION In 1988, FIGO added lymph node surgery to the staging system for endometrial cancer. This change remains controversial to date. From our study we aim to determine the significance of surgico-pathological parameters of endometrioid carcinoma for pelvic nodal metastases and survival, as well as to study the role of pelvic lymphadenectomy in the surgical treatment of this disease. M...