the present study was conducted on sixty healthy female domestic ruminants that suffered from still births or abortion, to find sero-positive cases and also to determine the probable role of uterine tissue in diagnosis of akabane viral infection and viral persistency. because of this, a serological test (elisa) and molecular (rt-pcr) diagnostic methods were used to find the seropositive cases a...

background: maternally administered opiates such as morphine represent a serious human health problem. opioid abuse may have unfavorable effects on reproductive organs. objective: the present study evaluates on the effects of morphine on structure and ultrastructure of uterus in balb/c mice. materials and methods: forty balb/c pregnant mice were divided into four groups: two experimental (i and...

background: citrus aurantium is a small citrus tree, with scented white flowers. the c. aurantium is used in asian herbal medicine primarily to treat digestive problems. objective: the goal of this study is to investigate the effect of c. aurantium flower's aqueous extract on uterine contraction in presence of some known uterus stimulants. materials and methods: in experimental study 30 virgin ...

zataria multiflora boiss. is used in iranian traditional medicine to treat gastrointestinal disorders and menrrhalgia. the inhibitory effect of this herb on rat ileum contractions is also reported. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of zataria multiflora boiss. hydroalcoholic leaf extract (zhle) on isolated rat uterus in presence of some known uterus stimulants. pieces of virgi...

Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are a rare collection of tumors arising in a wide array of anatomic locations and characterized by a myomelanocytic phenotype. PEComas which occur in non-classic anatomic distributions are known as perivascular epithelioid cell tumor-not otherwise specified (PEComa-NOS), and one of the most common primary sites for PEComa-NOS is the uterus. The ris...

We present a case of vaginal ectopic ureter with ipsilateral partial duplication of the upper ureter (Y-type ureter), ipsilateral hypoplastic pelvic kidney and bicornuate uterus in a 20-year-old woman who presented with mild urinary incontinence since infancy. Ultrasonography, computed tomography and intravenous pyelography examination showed a left kidney with no evidence of a right kidney. Cy...

Endometriosis is a common gynecologic condition in which endometrial tissue grows in ectopic locations. It is estimated that 5 million women of reproductive age, or 10 percent of women, in the United States, are affected by this disease.1 Approximately 20 percent of women with chronic pelvic pain and 30–45 percent of women with infertility have endometriosis.2 Endometrial tissue outside the ute...

The value of interventional ultrasound in the diagnosis and treatment of submucous myoma of the uterus was assessed to study the ultrasonographic features of modified sonohysterography for submucous polyp of uterus. A total of 25 patients diagnosed preliminarily as submucous myoma of the uterus via conventional ultrasound examination from June 2014 to December 2016 were enrolled in the study. T...

Only rarely has the physiologically and dinically important organ, the uterus, been employed as a site for the growth of transplantable tumors. Guyer and Claus3 made a study of the effects of the Flexner-Jobling carcinoma transplanted into the uterus upon the cytology of the pituitary of the rat. In this and in a more extended study by Mohs and Guyer,9 it was found that in rats the endometrium ...