During the eighteen-year period in "Sestre milosrdnice" University Hospital Center, Zagreb, 271 women with ovarian tumor was studied. 229 women with ovarian cancer and 42 with borderline tumor. The pathohistological types of tumors were different. The age of the patients ranged from 20-83 years. In all patients the value of biochemical marker CA125 was determined. The aim of this study was to d...

Mucus-filled cystic tumors of low or borderline malignant potential, well recognized in ovary and appendix, have received little attention in the lung. We present data on 11 patients, all of whom had solitary pulmonary nodules resected in which mucus was the major histologic component. Prognosis appears good; no patient had developed local recurrence or metastatic spread of tumor (follow-up, 1 ...

Cervical cancer continues to be a leading cancer among women in many parts of the world. Nation-wide screening with the Pap smear has not been implemented in India due to the lack of adequately trained cytologists. Identification of biomarkers to predict malignant potential of the identified low risk lesions is essential to avoid excessive retesting and follow up. The current study analyzed the...

BACKGROUND Borderline tumor of the ovary is an epithelial tumor with a low rate of growth and a low malignant potential to invade or metastasize. This tumor often is associated with a significantly better prognosis than epithelial ovarian cancer. Most of these tumors are either serous or mucinous in histology. AIM Assessment of p53 and Ki67 immunohistochemical expression in 52 epithelial ovar...

Introduction: Pulmonary hamartomas are the most common benign tumors of the lung. It usually shows no FDG uptake and has a low risk for malignant transformation. We present a rare case of pulmonary hamartoma with low Fluorodeoxyglucose uptake to call attention to the low malignancy potential of this benign tumor. Case presentation: 67-year old male patient on the preoperative evaluation for his...