44-year-old female with massive chronic tubo-ovarian abscess complicated by hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG). She presented to the emergency department of our hospital with a diffusely tender abdomen and 2 weeks history of frequent non-bloody loose stools. She had a relevant past medical history of poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Abdominal computerized tomography re...

OBJECTIVE To study the microbial etiology of tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA). METHODS We recruited 11 women in Nairobi, Kenya who failed antibiotic therapy alone and required surgical drainage of a presumptive TOA. Pus from the nine abscesses and two pyosalpinges were collected and cultured for aerobic, facultative and anaerobic microorganisms. RESULTS Eleven women suspected of having a TOA were...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the synchronous gynecologic cancers in Turkish women. MATERIALS AND METHODS A population-based longitudinal cohort study was conducted using Izmir Cancer Registry (ICR) data on gynecologic cancer patients diagnosed in the period 1993 to 2005. The registry covers the 3.7 million population of Izmir and has been collecting data on cancer incidence and survival of cancer p...

Most abdominal masses in the pediatric population derive from ovaries. Ovarian can occur all ages, although their incidence, clinical presentation and histological distribution vary among different age groups. Children adolescents may develop non-neoplastic ovarian lesions, such as functional cysts, endometrioma, torsion, abscess lymphangioma well neoplasms, which are divided into germ cell, ep...

We presented a cerebral venous thrombosis case associated with lack of proper medical evaluation required for confirmation of suppression and exclusion of current pregnancy before starting assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycle. This is a case-report study about a 37-year-old woman who presented to emergency room with abdominal pain and tenderness. Initial human chorionic gonadotropin (hC...

AIMS To analyse the clinical presentation, clinicopathological correlation and management of complex ovarian cysts in newborn and infants. MATERIALS AND METHODS Over a period of 6 years (2009-2015), 25 newborns who were diagnosed to have ovarian cyst on antenatal ultrasound, were followed up. We collected data in the form of clinical features, radiological findings, pathology and mode of trea...