Objective: To report a rare case of urachal remnant cyst mimicking benign ovarian cyst.

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is frequently associated with high levels of CA125. This marker is therefore not useful for discriminating ovarian endometrioma from ovarian malignancy. The aim of this study was to establish a panel of complementary biomarkers that could be helpful in the differential diagnosis between ovarian endometriosis or other ovarian benign masses and ovarian cancer. METHODS B...

BACKGROUND To determine the expression of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) and its receptors BMPRIA, BMPRIB, and BMPRII in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and to analyze their influence on the prognosis of ovarian cancer patients. METHODS Semi-quantitative RT-PCR and western blot were applied to detect the expression of BMP-2 and its receptors BMPRIA, BMPRIB, and BMPRII in EOC, benign ova...

Insulinoma is a rare variety of endocrine neoplasm and usually benign, solitary, small in size. It responsible endogenous insulin secretion resulting development symptoms hypoglycemia. Diagnosis insulinomas can be challenging.

Objective: To investigate the serum concentrations of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn) and copper/zinc ratio (Cu/Zn) in patients with ovarian cancer and benign ovarian lesions. Methodology: The study included 50 patients, with ovarian cancer (malignant group) and 50 patients with benign ovarian lesions (benign group). After overnight fasting, blood samples were collected. The concentrations of Cu and Zn ...

131I-Labeledgoat immunoglobulin G (IgG) prepared against carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was administered at an aver age dose of 1.0 mCi (180 to 250 @glgG protein) to patients with ovarian tumors in order to evaluate this method of tumor detection and localization , termed the radioimmunodetection of cancer. All primary cancers in 13 patients could be localized, whereas the metastases in six of ...

BACKGROUND We investigated possible biomarkers for endometriosis (EM) using the ClinProt technique and proteomics methods. METHODS We enrolled 50 patients with EM, 34 with benign ovarian neoplasms and 40 healthy volunteers in this study. Serum proteomic spectra were generated by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MS) combined with weak cationic excha...

Mitotically active cellular fibroma (MACF) of the ovary is a relatively newly recognized histological disease entity which explains its scarce reporting in literature and unknown prognosis [1]. In this tumor type, high mitotic activity noticed without severe atypia. These tumors are categorized as benign ovarian with late recurrence, if any. However, we herein report an unusual case mitotically...