OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether quantitative or qualitative IgA deficiencies in cervicovaginal secretions can be identified in patients with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis. DESIGN Prospective and controlled study. SETTING Department of Dermatology, University of Vienna. SUBJECTS 30 patients with symptomatic and recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis at the time of their presentation. 30 hea...

INTRODUCTION Symptomatic or complicated liver cysts sometimes require surgical intervention and laparoscopic fenestration is the definitive treatment for these cysts. We performed minimally invasive surgery, hybrid natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) without scarring, for a huge liver cyst. PRESENTATION OF CASE An 82-year-old female presented with a month-long history of r...

the glandular odontogenic cyst (goc) is a rare lesion with odontogenic origin. it shows a propensity for recurrence revealed in 30% of all case. this investigation reports a case of recurrent goc in a 35-year-old female in the anterior region of the maxilla, which is uncommon and discusses about ihc finding, surgical methods, and differential diagnosis. under general anesthesia, peripheral bone...

This report describes a case of spontaneous abortion in a 4-year-old Golden Retriever dog with ovarian endometriosis. Clinical findings indicated that there was not any senstivity in the abdomen and the viability parameters were within the reference values. On vaginal examination, serosanguineous discharge was determined. Ultrasonographic examination revealed that no fetus was observed in cornu...

A 40-year-old, primigravid woman presented at 23 weeks of gestation for evaluation of an extra-abdominal echogenic cystic mass of the fetus. Amniocentesis revealed a karyotype of 46,XX. Prenatal ultrasound showed a two-vessel umbilical cord, hydrocolpos, and distended bladder, urethra, and colon, and a perineal cystic mass. The kidneys and amniotic fluid amount were normal. Fetal magnetic reson...

Chemical meningitis is a rare phenomenon due to rupture of a craniopharyngioma cyst; it develops because of presence of cholesterol crystals in cyst fluid secreted by the squamous epithelium lining of the cyst. Spontaneous rupture of the cyst may present with or without meningitis, depending upon the cholesterol contents of cystic fluid of tumor. A decrease in the size of cyst m...