CONTEXT Host of vaginoplasty techniques have been described. None has been successful in developing normal vagina. Laparoscopic peritoneal vaginoplasty (LPV) is performed in Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome (MRKHS) culminating in normal vagina. AIMS This study aims to confirm normal development of neovagina by anatomical and functional parameters of histology, cytology, and ultrasonogr...

Outcomes of patients with gastric cancer who exhibit positive peritoneal lavage cytology findings (CY+ ) vary by diagnostic methods because of quantitative and qualitative cancer cell diversity. This study sought to establish practical diagnostic criteria for performing curative resections, based on peritoneal lavage cytology findings in gastric cancer patients. We enrolled 1028 patients with g...

Primary peritoneal cystadenocarcinoma is a rare tumor of similar histogenic origin as primary ovarian carcinoma. We present a case of primary peritoneal serous cystadenocarcinoma mimicking advanced colorectal cancer in a 68 yr-old African American female. Radiology, endoscopy and cytology yielded only inconclusive findings. Immunohistochemical analysis of percutaneously obtained ascitic fluid p...

OBJECTIVE To assess the implications of positive cytology for malignant cells (positive results) from peritoneal washings in the management of patients with pancreatic cancer. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Referral practice in a university hospital. PATIENTS A total of 32 consecutive pancreatic cancer patients with positive results from peritoneal washings during a 4-year per...

In patients with intractable ascites, careful consideration should be given to the patient's past history with emphasis on cardiac, liver and renal disorders. Ascitic fluid cytology indicating the presence of malignant cells should be unequivocal; cytology should be repeated before embarking on potentially toxic anti-cancer treatment in ambiguous cases. Elevated serum CA-125 levels should not b...

PURPOSE Despite continuously improving therapies, gastric cancer still shows poor survival in locally advanced stages with local recurrence rates of up to 50% and peritoneal recurrence rates of 17% after curative surgery. We performed a systematic review with meta-analyses to clarify whether positive intraperitoneal cytology (IPC) indicates a high risk of disease recurrence and poor overall sur...

thirty clinical cases of obstructive urolithiasis, 15 with intact urinary bladder and 15 with ruptured urinary bladder, were used to study the changes in peritoneal fluid cytology. the percentage of neutrophils was highly increased than the normal reference range reported for cattle with slight decrease in lymphocyte percentage. the value for neutrophil percent was almost similar in both intact...

OBJECTIVE To correlate the cytologic diagnoses of peritoneal washings (PWs) with histologic findings of ovarian tumors of low malignant potential (LMP). METHODS PW cytology from 90 patients with histologically confirmed ovarian tumors of LMP were reviewed and correlated with histologic findings. RESULTS In 90 LMP tumor patients who underwent PW, cytologic diagnoses were reported as positive...

Peritoneal washing cytology is important in the staging, prognosis, and treatment schema for women diagnosed with gynecologic malignancies. Additionally, peritoneal washings are often performed before the specific diagnosis or even the distinction between benign or malignant lesion is known. Occasionally, the cytology and surgical pathology specimens, although obtained during the same procedure...