based on the accumulated data, ftir spectroscopy seems to be a highly sensitive tool in cervical cancer diagnosis. we, therefore, employed this technique in a screening type of research here in tehran. the purpose of this study was to look for the spectral pattern differences between normal and malignant cervix samples in iranian women. through formal and informal announcements, all gynecology ...

INTRODUCTION The clinical presentation of carcinoma of the cervix as cervical lymphadenopathy has not been described before. We report a case of this unusual manifestation of cervical cancer. CASE PRESENTATION A 51-year-old woman presented to our Head and Neck department with cervical lymphadenopathy. A positron emission tomography scan revealed the primary tumour to be in the cervix and a ce...

ing radiation and is inexpensive. Vaginal scanning in the sagittal plane images the uterine body and cervix, and determines vaginal and bladder invasion. Transverse plane transrectal scanning allows visualisation ol' the cervix, its parametrium, and the rectal wall. The normal parametria image as a crescent interrupted centrally by the cervix. In benign inflammatory parametritis, a transient sm...

Among the actions of early diagnosis of uterine cervix cancers, the sequence cytologic smear, colposcopy, cervix biopsy is well-known. The authors draw the attention that in some situations the cytologic smear and colposcopy are not sufficient and it is only biopsy that defines the nature of the lesion and may give therapeutic indications. Out of a series of 55 women to whom a cervix biopsy was...

The aim of this paper was the evaluation of the recurrence and residual lesions of cervical intraepithelial neoplaisa (CIN) incidence after LEEP (loop electro excisional procedure) and cold knife conisation. The clinical material was 210 women aged 22-65 years of life referred to the Department of Gynecology and Oncology Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow, Poland, the period in 2...

OBJECTIVES To study the burden of disease of reproductive tract infections (RTIs) and cervical dysplasia in women attending a family planning clinic in Nairobi, Kenya, and to assess the acceptability of integrating reproductive healthcare services into existing family planning facilities. METHODS In a family planning clinic in Nairobi, Kenya, 520 women were enrolled in a study on RTI and cerv...

in this case report we will describe a rare association between anhyrotic ectodermal dysplasia (aed) and immunodeficiency and autoimmunity [in our case: idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) and crohn disease]. aed is a rare congenital disorder characterized by sparse hair, abnormal teeth and anhidrosis due to lack of eccrine glands. the survey of 87 cases with (aed) revealed only one irrit...

There is a close relationship between the rate of the uterine cervix opening during parturition and the presence or absence of a completely ripened cervix. In order to learn the basic pattern of the ripening of cervix, histological and histochemical studies were performed on the human uterine cervix during pregnancy. It was noted that the collagen bundles disintegrated into fine fibers and also...

BACKGROUND The distribution of HPV genotypes, their association with rigorously confirmed cervical precancer endpoints, and factors associated with HPV infection have not been previously documented among HIV-infected women in India. We conducted an observational study to expand this evidence base in this population at high risk of cervical cancer. METHODS HIV-infected women (N = 278) in Pune,...

in this study, genital tracts of 20 healthy non-pregnant buffaloes were collected from urmia abattoir.these genital tracts were selected based on their ovaries conditions, half of them were in follicular phase and the other half were in luteal phase. the samples were taken from anterior, middle and posterior regions of the cervix and fixed in 10% buffer formalin. then, histological sections of ...