OBJECT The authors undertook a retrospective single-institution review of 261 patients who underwent anterior cervical corpectomy, reconstruction with allograft fibula, and placement of an anterior plating system for the treatment of cervical spinal stenosis to assess fusion rates and procedure-related complications. METHODS Between October 1989 and June 1995, 261 patients with cervical steno...

OBJECTIVE A sonographically short cervix is a powerful predictor of spontaneous preterm delivery. However, the etiology and optimal management of a patient with a short cervix in the mid-trimester of pregnancy remain uncertain. Microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC) and intra-amniotic inflammation are frequently present in patients with spontaneous preterm labor or acute cervical insu...

The kinetics of cervical and circulating phosphoisoforms of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) in normal and pathological early pregnancy are not well known. We investigated the profiles of IGFBP-1 in serum and in cervical secretion during medical termination of early pregnancy. Sixteen women requesting termination of pregnancy, with <63 days of amenorrhoea, received 200 mg ...

Cervical cancer (CxCa) is preventable and treatable via vaccination screening. Cervicovaginal fluid (CVF) represents the physiological components of female genital tract. These are suitable to be utilized for clinical purposes, therefore, making CVF a material disease screening approaches. Due high false-negative result rates low attendance current expensive routine CxCa methods, it has become ...

When developing novel microbicide products for the prevention of HIV infection, the preclinical safety program must evaluate not only the active pharmaceutical ingredient but also the product itself. To that end, we applied several relatively standard toxicology study methodologies to female sheep, incorporating an assessment of the pharmacokinetics, safety, tolerability, and local toxicity of ...

Lymphangiomas are congenital -lesions that develop from sequestered lymphatic sacs. They are most commonly seen as cervical masses in children but can also be found in other sites. Since these are primarily fluid filled and are usually superficial in location, they are easily examined with high-resolution ultrasound. Their sonographic appearance has been reported to be variable(l,3). The presen...

Acrania is a rare foetal anomaly in which the calvaria absent, and meninges come into direct contact with amniotic fluid. most common acrania – exencephaly anencephaly spectrum, anincidence of 3.68 to 5.4 per 10,000 live births. We present case primigravida who presented for an ultrasound on account vaginal bleeding early cyesis. Transabdominal showed viable foetus at 13 weeks without calvaria,...

The enzymes phosphohexose isomerase, lactate dehydrogenase, hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, isocitric dehydrogenase, glutamate dehydrogenase, and sorbital dehydrogenase were assayed in cases of known carcinoma of the cervix and of carcinoma in situ. Phosphohexose isomerase, lactate dehydrogenase, and isocitric dehydrogenase were also assayed in a number of normal women and in those with benign l...

Simple bone cysts are common, benign, fluid-filled, cystic lesions that occur mostly in the metaphysis of the long bones and are rarely found in vertebrae. A case of a simple bone cyst in the spinous process of the fourth cervical vertebra in a 26-year-old woman is reported. According to the radiologic findings, the lesion was identified as a simple bone cyst, and the diagnosis was verified by ...

We report a case of meningovascular syphilis in a young adult woman presenting with left hemiparesis due to near occlusion of proximal cervical internal carotid with subacute middle cerebral artery territory infarction. Diagnosis was made on the basis of positive serum, and spinal fluid serology for syphilis, carotid Doppler, and magnetic resonance angiography, as well as improvement after intr...