fine- needle (fna) cytology of ovary is a simple method for evaluation of ovarian masses. but there is controversy about its reliability in differentiating between benign and malignant neoplasms. to evaluate the efficiacy of fna cytology in the distinction between benign and malignant masses of ovary, we examined 55 fine needle aspirations from 55 women 14-74 years of age. the aspirations were ...

background: risk of malignancy index (rmi) is the best method for discriminating benign and malignant pelvic masses. the aim of this study was to determine the rmi for preoperative evaluation of pelvic mass. methods: this study was performed on 182 women with adenexal mass referred to yahyahnejiad hospital of babol university of medical sciences in iran from 2007 to 2009.the sensitivity, specif...

On necropsy of a 24 months age Dutch female rabbit the uterine horns seems enlarged with a nodular appearance. On the cut surface of the uterus as well as heart wall, white firm masses with a cauliflower- like surface was observed. No other important gross lesions were found in other organs. In histopathological examination of the uterus typical microscopic changes were those of adenocarcinoma....

a 4.5 years old boy with left postero superior lateral neck mass admitted to shahid rahnemoon hospital in yazd. the mass had been noticed 2 years ago and there was no improvement after three times antibiotic therapy. on physical examination there were two masses on the neck. one of them was approximately 3×4 cm and the other was 2×2 cm. on of the masses was located in the left posterior auricul...

conclusions the age and location of neck masses are the most important variables. the data in this study showed that the neoplastic lesions (including metastatic lesions) were the most common neck masses and the anterior triangle was the most common anatomical location. in addition, age can play an important role in differential diagnosis. therefore, any mass in the neck, especially in older pa...