Objective: To study the age distribution, histopathological types, lateral distribution and surgical interventions performed for benign ovarian cysts in Qatari women undergoing surgical intervention for an ovarian cyst. Design: A retrospective descriptive study. Setting: Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Al-Ahli Hospital, Doha, Qatar. Patients and methods: Data were collected retrospectivel...

Although fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) is most valuable in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer, it is hampered by the fact that no specimen suitable for cytological examination can be collected from all cystic lesions. Often inadequate aspirates, consisting only of fluid or a few foamy cells and lacking the necessary epithelial cells, are all that an aspirationist is able to collect. Therefo...

background: ovarian cysts are among the diseases which cause reproductive failure and economic losses in dairy herds. high yelding dairy cattles are suseptable to reproductive failure caused by ovarian cysts, as a result of their exposure to stressful coditions during lactation. objectives: this study aimed to monitor metabolic profile tests in dairy cows with ovarian cysts in comparison with c...

BACKGROUND The stripping technique for endometriomas excision has been reported to be associated with follicular loss. The objective of this trial was to evaluate the presence and nature of ovarian tissue adjacent to the endometrioma cyst wall obtained by stripping with different techniques. METHODS Forty-eight patients with ovarian endometrioma were enrolled in two consecutive independent ra...

A review of the histology of 332 ovaries from stillbirths and neonatal deaths within the first 28 days of life showed that follicular cysts, lined by granulosa epithelium and having a diameter greater than 1 mm on a microscopical section, were present in 113 infants. In 48 cases multiple cysts were present, while in 65 only a single cyst satisfying the criteria was found. There was an excess nu...

The incidence of ovarian neoplasms and functional ovarian cysts diagnosed at laparotomy or laparoscopy among the 17,000 women taking part in the Oxford Family Planning Association contraceptive study was investigated. Epithelial cancer of the ovary was only 25% as common among those who had ever taken oral contraceptives as those who had never done so (95% confidence interval 8% to 67%). There ...

Alcohol related health challenges have lingered over the years. Such associated with locally brewed alcoholic beverages received little attention. The urgency to explore this becomes imperative. This study aimed at evaluating effect of regular consumption local on estrous cycle and histological image ovaries uterus thus fertility female albino rats. Thirty screened rats weighing 180-220g were d...