Round ligament leiomyoma are extremely rare benign tumors. It may present with wide range of clinical presentations depending on its site of origin, on the long course of round ligament. It has been reported round ligament leiomyoma commonly arises from extra peritoneal end of round ligament. There have been case reports where round ligament fibroid have presented like incarcerated inguinal her...

Here, we describe gene expression compositional assignment (GECA), a powerful, yet simple method based on compositional statistics that can validate the transfer of prior knowledge, such as gene lists, into independent data sets, platforms and technologies. Transcriptional profiling has been used to derive gene lists that stratify patients into prognostic molecular subgroups and assess biomarke...

Objectives. Huge ovarian cysts are conventionally managed by laparotomy. We present 5 cases with huge ovarian cysts managed by laparoscopic endoscopic surgery without any complications. Materials and Methods. We describe five patients who had their surgeries conducted in a tertiary care center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (King Fahad Medical City). Results. Patients age ranged between 19 and 69 year...

Premature ovarian failure (POF) is a condition affecting 1% of women in the general population, causing amenorrhea, hypergonadotropism and hypoestrogenism before the age of 40. Currently, POF cannot be reversed and, although treatments are available, there is an urgent need for improved treatment strategies. Growth hormone (GH) is a pleiotropic hormone that affects a broad spectrum of physiolog...

To cite: Neelakantan S, Reddy R, Swamy AK. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016216878 DESCRIPTION A 17-year-old female patient presented to the emergency department with history of intermittent right sided colicky abdominal pain and nausea since 3 weeks. Urine analysis revealed no evidence of infection. She was referred for imaging workup, which in...

Poonam Bhaker 1 *, Pranab Dey 1 , Radhika Srinivasan 1 , Subhash Chandra Saha 2 Department of Cytology and Gynaecological pathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India Primary large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of ovary is an uncommon neoplasm ...

A 62-year-old lady who was a known diabetic and hypertensive presented to a local hospital with complaints of post-menopausal bleeding of three weeks duration. She also complained of a dragging sensation in the lower abdomen. Per vaginal examination revealed an ulceroproliferative growth in the cervix with extra cervical spread. A biopsy was taken. With an outside report of non-keratinizing squ...

BACKGROUND Celiacomesenteric trunk (CMT) is a very rare anatomic finding in which the celiac artery and the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) originate from the abdominal aorta through a common trunk. Clinical associations with CMT include arterial aneurysm, thrombosis, and celiac artery compression. However, an association between CMT and abdominal venous congestion caused by left renal vein co...

A 76-year-old female presented to our hospital with a 2 cm firm, nontender, protuberant umbilical nodule. She received treatment with antibiotics for suspected granuloma, with no improvement after two months. High levels of CA125 as well as an ovarian cyst and intrathoracic and intra-abdominal lesions on imaging studies made us suspect an ovarian cancer with a Sister Mary Joseph nodule (SMJN) a...

OBJECTIVE We sought to determine the validity of cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) and the risk of malignancy index (RMI) in the diagnosis of ovarian cancer in women presenting with adnexal lesions of various histopathology types. METHODS This retrospective cross- sectional study included all women with adnexal lesions who were evaluated at the Royal Hospital, Oman, between January 2012 and Decembe...