Results After 5 weeks of ziprasidone treatment, the patient reported significant improvement of psychotic symptoms. However, she complained of galactorrhea, breast tenderness and amenorrhea. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head showed no pathology, but her prolactin levels were increased to 47.4 ng/ml. Ziprasidone was discontinued and 3 days after, the patient's prolactin levels were de...

Introduction: Breast cancer remains the major cancer among women, which is associated with high mortality and morbidity. Epidemiological studies indicate that the incidence of the breast cancer is influenced by familial, endocrine and dietary factors. Molecular iodine (I2) has been shown to cause apoptotic cell death independent of estrogen receptor and p53 status in breast cancer cell lines (M...

Although being predominantly anecdotal, breast carcinoma shows a considerable component of multifactorial genetic transmission, referable to dominant autosomal inheritance. Among the genes responsible for hereditary breast cancer two main genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) have already been identified. At present, genetic tests to identify known inherited mutations associated with breast tumor predisposit...

This study was designed to compare the meat quality traits in Muscovy ducks raised under extensive and semi-intensive management systems. Nine female birds from each system were randomly selected slaughtered at 18 wk of age. Meat samples obtained both breast (Pectoralis major) thigh (Biceps femoris) meats analyzed for physicochemical (color, pH, water holding capacity, cooking loss, proximate a...

Background: Premenstrual syndrome is a cyclic disorder with symptoms that are severe enough to interfere some aspect of living. The debilitating reappear each cycle, the most common being generalized headache, breast swelling and tenderness, bloating, fatigue, depression irritability. Aim: To determine efficacy mefenamic acid in treatment premenstrual women reproductive age groups. Methods: A q...

Tamoxifen and radiotherapy are used in breast cancer treatment worldwide. Radiation recall dermatitis (RRD), induced by tamoxifen, has been rarely reported. Herein, we report a RRD case induced by tamoxifen. A 47-year-old woman had a right quadrantectomy and an axillary lymph node dissection due to breast cancer. The tumor was staged pT2N0; it was hormone receptor positive, and human epidermal ...

Case report A 55-year-old Albanian woman was admitted to a hospital in Albania with a mass in her right breast. She had no significant previous medical history. A tru-cut biopsy was performed and the diagnosis was breast carcinoma. The treatment administered consisted f four courses of chemotherapy. No surgery was performed. She came to us due to an increase in the growth of the mass in her rig...