Résumé Les lymphangiomes kystiques cervico-thoraciques sont des tumeurs bénignes rares, ils proviendraient d'une séquestration du sac lymphatique embryonnaire qui se remplirait progressivement de liquide lymphatique. Le diagnostic est évoqué par la clinique (tuméfaction latéro-cervicale) et l'imagerie (échographie et tomodensitométrie), puis confirmé par l'histologie après la chirurgie qui cons...

in order to study the signs of œstrus in the west african dwarf goat, 28 non pregnant females younger than 24 months of age were used. most of them (94.7%) had waggled the tail during heat. the frequency of micturition was higher in the presence of the male. the swelling of the vulva was observed in 68.4% of goats in heat. the cervico-vaginal mucus was significantly (p≤0.05) abundant and elasti...

BACKGROUND Neck pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint and is often associated with shoulder or arm pain. There is a paucity of information on effective treatment for neck and arm pain, such as radiculopathy or cervico-brachial pain. Guidelines recommend neck mobilisation/ manipulation, exercises and advice as the treatment for neck pain, and neck and arm pain. There are a few studies that ...

The majority of HIV-1 infections in women occur through vaginal intercourse, in which virus-containing semen is deposited on the cervico-vaginal mucosa. Semen is more than a mere carrier of HIV-1, since it contains many biological factors, in particular cytokines, that may affect HIV-1 transmission. The concentration of interleukin (IL)-7, one of the most prominent cytokines in semen of healthy...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship of prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase (PGHS) expression in the gestational tissues and fetal fibronectin in cervico-vaginal fluids before the onset of labour at term. DESIGN Cross-sectional, observational study. SAMPLES Amnion, chorion laeve and decidua were collected from 24 term pregnant women following elective caesarean section. Samples of cerv...

background: endometriosis is a chronic and progressive gynecological disorder and is manifest by dysmenorrhea and a major cause of infertility and chronic pelvic pain. the study was designed to compare the value of cervico-vaginal fluid of interleukin-1? (il-1?) in patients with and without endometriosis. materials and methods: fifty women were assessed in this case control study. the case grou...

OBJECTIVE To define the potential value of endocervical length at 11 to 13 weeks' gestation in the prediction of spontaneous early delivery. METHOD The lengths of the endocervix and cervico-isthmic complex were measured by transvaginal ultrasound at 11 to 13 weeks in singleton pregnancies, including 1492 that subsequently delivered after 34 weeks and 16 (1.1%) who had spontaneous delivery bef...

Résumé Introduction: Notre objectif a été d'établir le panorama des cancers primitifs oto-rhino-laryngologiques et cervico-maxillo-faciaux dans un service de référence au Togo. Méthodes: Il s’est agi d’une étude rétrospective descriptive, portant sur les cancers diagnostiqués dans le service d’ORL et de chirurgie cervico-maxillo-faciale du CHU Sylvanus Olympio de Lomé. Elle a été réalisée sur u...