Important Recent Advances in Gynaecological Pathology

Gynaecological Emergencies in the Tropics: Recent Advances in Management

Ectopic Pregnancy Ectopic pregnancy may present with a wide clinical spectrum ranging from a total lack of symptoms and signs to a shocked and moribund condition resulting from major intra-peritoneal haemorrhage

INTRODUCTION Gynaecological disorders are a common cause of morbidity among women of reproductive age worldwide. In developing countries, gynaecological emergencies present enormous challenges given the weak health infrastructure in these settings. Whereas reports indicate that approximately 1.4 million gynaecological emergency visits to emergency department are recorded in the USA accounting f...

Radiological appearances of gynaecological emergencies

BACKGROUND The role of various gynaecological imaging modalities is vital in aiding clinicians to diagnose acute gynaecological disease, and can help to direct medical and surgical treatment where appropriate. It is important to interpret the imaging findings in the context of the clinical signs and patient's pregnancy status. METHODS Ultrasound and Doppler are readily available in the emerge...

Ten problematical issues identified by pathology review for multidisciplinary gynaecological oncology meetings.

Pathology review of gynaecological cancer specimens is often carried out as part of the working of gynaecological oncology multidisciplinary team meetings. This review describes the author's experience regarding the most common issues identified during this process. Ten subjects are covered; these range from histopathological interpretational errors to non-interpretational areas, for example, i...

Recent advances in systemic treatments for ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer remains the leading cause of death from gynaecological cancer. Advances in surgical and chemotherapeutic strategies have led to improvements in outcome. However, the majority of women present with advanced disease with little prospect for cure. In this article, we summarize the systemic management and ovarian cancer and raise a number of important issues: namely the timing of sys...