BACKGROUND Adenocarcinoma is the second most frequent cancer of the uterine cervix after squamous carcinoma, and the most frequent histotype is the mucinous one. Endo-cervical adenocarcinoma accounts for about 10-30% of all cervical cancers and clinically the lesion can be asymptomatic or, more frequently, presenting with anomalous bleeding and/or vaginal discharge. CASE REPORT A 41-year-old ...

Aims And Objective:To study various types of cervical carcinoma and correlate histopathological findings with the clinical presentation of the patient. Material And Methods:The present study is a prospective study done over a period of two years, carried out in the department of Pathology in a tertiary care hospital. Our study composed of cervical specimens in the form of biopsies and sections ...

We conducted a population-based cohort study to analyze the risk of developing cancers of the female genitals among 36,856 patients with a hospital discharge diagnosis of alcoholism (ICD-7: 307, 322; ICD-8: 291, 303; ICD-9: 291, 303, 305A) in Sweden between 1965 and 1995. The follow-up was done by linkages of national registries. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) and 95% confidence intervals...

BACKGROUND Although Nigeria has a high prevalence of cervical cancer, screening services including colposcopy and directed cervical biopsy are not widely available. OBJECTIVES A prospective study among 111 women who had colposcopy and cervical biopsy following an abnormal Pap smear result at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital in Nigeria. It explored physical after effects experienced a...

Ten women with acute right upper-quadrant abdominal pain but negative results for biliary investigations had a current or past history of pelvic inflammatory disease. A diagnosis of the Curtis-Fitz-Hugh syndrome was made and was confirmed in five patients by laparoscopy. Neisseria gonorrhoeae was not isolated from the cervical and urethral swabbings of seven patients tested. Chlamydia trachomat...

A retrospective survey revealed 37 cases (1.1%) of deep surgical-site infection (SSI) among 3,462 instrumented spinal surgeries between 2004 and 2008. Excluding 8 patients who were unclassifiable, we categorized 29 patients into 3 groups of similar backgrounds-thoracolumbar degenerative disease (the DEG group; n = 15), osteoporotic vertebral collapse (the OVC group; n = 10), and cervical disord...

This cross-sectional survey assessed the determinants of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections among 2080 women who participated in cervical cancer screening. HPVs were typed by restriction and sequencing analyses. The prevalence of HPV was 7.3% (4.2% for high-risk, 1.9% for low-risk, and 2.1% for unknown-risk types). High-risk HPV prevalence decreased with age, whereas low- and unknown-risk HP...

OBJECTIVE Cervical spine fusion is the preferred treatment modality for a variety of degenerative and/or myelopathic disorders. Surgeons select between two approaches (anterior or posterior cervical fusion [ACF; PCF]) based on pathoanatomical features and spinal levels involved. Complications and outcome profiles between the approaches following elective surgery have not been systematically inv...

OBJECTIVE To review the treatment and outcome of patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) cervical lymphadenitis. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS Thirty consecutive immunocompetent patients (median age, 32 months; age range, 11-147 months) diagnosed as having NTM cervical lymphadenitis over a 77-month period. INTERVENTIONS P...

Various problems such as vaginal discharge, cervical cancer, skin irritation, genitals, allergies, inflammation or urinary tract infections may arise if poor maintenance over the cleanliness of reproductive organs. Therefore, it is essential to have good knowledge and attitude regarding perineal hygiene achieve health for adolescents. This study find out relationship attitudes, incidence female...