Thirty-five crossbred and 22 Meishan contemporary gilts were necropsied on Day 1, 14, 28, 42, or 56 of age (birth = Day 0). At necropsy, a cross section of one uterine horn was fixed for histomorphometric study, and minced uterine tissue was cultured with 50 muCi [3H]leucine. Secreted proteins were identified by two-dimensional PAGE, fluorography, and incorporation of radioactivity. Body weight...

Methods 373 women with symptomatic uterine fibroids were screened with MRI exams with and without contrast utilizing T2 coronal and axial, T2 fat suppressed sagittal, T1 axial precontrast images, and post contrast fat saturated images in 3 planes. Uterine masses were classified by their intensity on T2 weighted images relative to normal myometrium (hypointense, isointense, or hyperintense as we...

Little is known about the adaptation of uterine artery smooth muscle contractile mechanisms to pregnancy. The present study tested the hypothesis that pregnancy differentially regulates thick- and thin-filament regulatory pathways in uterine arteries. Isometric tension, intracellular free Ca(2+) concentration, and phosphorylation of 20-kDa myosin light chain (MLC(20)) were measured simultaneous...

background: thromboembolism is the most important complication of cancers.the aim of this study was to determine d-dimer levels in benign and malignant tumors of the uterus, ovary and cervix. subjects and methods: this was a cross sectional study and it was conducted on 90 female patients referred to imam khomeini and arash hospitals because of uterine, cervical and ovarian tumors in 2013-2014....

BACKGROUND Primary non-gestational uterine cervical choriocarcinoma is very unusual and although it has been hypothesized that it can arise by metaplastic transformation of cervical epithelium, solid evidence has been lacking. CASE Primary non-gestational uterine cervical choriocarcinoma was diagnosed in a 47-year-old, woman undergoing tubal resection 17 years previously. A histologically- an...

The microbial population of the uterus fluctuates during the estrous cycle. Microflora of uterus may affect the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in bitches. The endoscopic samples obtained from the vagina and uterus of 20 female adult mixed‑breed dogs. The uterine lavage samples were prepared for cytology, bacterial (aerobic and anaerobic) and fungal cultures. Uterine tissue samples w...

Fibroid is the commonest benign neoplasm of the uterus in females, composed of smooth muscle with variable amount of fibrous connective tissue, hence named as leiomyoma or fibromyoma. It is the commonest of all pelvic tumours in females, excluding pregnancy; being more common in nulliparous. It can be intra uterine / extra uterine. Extrauterine fibroids though do occur, but are not as common as...

A high prevalence of uterine leiomyoma has been reported in Baltic gray seals aged 15 years and above. Studies on Baltic seals during the 1970s revealed high tissue concentrations of the organochlorines bis(chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane (DDT) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), lowered reproduction rate, and pathologic changes. In the second half of the 1970s, decreases of PCB and DDT i...

One of the severe complications of ovariohysterectomy is the incomplete removal of one or two ovaries, which is also known as ovarian remnant syndrome. This condition is usually followed by uterine stump pyometra, which can be described as the infection of uterine body tissue remaining after the operation. However, both conditions may also be encountered separately. In this study, the clinical ...