Pyometra is an uncommon gynecologic condition that usually develops in elderly women. Most of the cases result from cervical occlusion by malignant or benign tumors, surgery, radiotherapy, or atrophic cervicitis. A spontaneous perforation of the uterus with generalized peritonitis is an extremely rare complication of pyometra and carries significant morbidity and mortality. Establishing a corre...

Fine needle aspirations (FNA) were performed on 48 patients treated for gynecologic malignancies and suspected of having recurrence of their disease. The suspected sites of metastases were peripheral lymph nodes (38 patients) and the retroperitoneal region (10 patients). Metastdtic tumors were detected in 22 out of the 48 patients (45%) by FNA, with 9 patients having additional confirmation by ...

Ovarian cancer is characterized by the highest mortality rate among gynecologic malignancies. Therefore, there is a growing need for innovative therapies and techniques for monitoring and prevention of this disease. The exact cause of most ovarian tumors usually remains unknown. Ovarian cancer is believed to be caused by a range of different variables. This review is an attempt to summarize som...

BACKGROUND Ovarian masses represent a range of pathology from benign cyst to highly aggressive malignant tumors. It has been estimated that gynecologic malignancy account for approximately 2% of all types of cancer in children, 60-70% of these lesions arise in the ovary. METHODS All ovarian masses which were resected or biopsied in Mofid Children's Hospital from 2002 to 2012 were reviewed ret...

ynecologic conditions are common in women with HIV. HIV-positive (HIV+) women are significantly more likely than noninfected women to have prevalent and incident gynecologic disorders, but they are not more likely to develop conditions, such as sexually transmitted infections (STIs), related to risk-taking. In a study conducted by Minkoff et al of 262 HIV-infected women, serial assessment revea...

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....

Isolated nerve sheath tumors of the uterine cervix are very rare entities. This is especially true for benign nerve sheath tumors. We present, to the best of our knowledge, the first case of a benign nerve sheath tumor resected hysteroscopically. Our patient is a 69 year-old white female with a history of post menopausal bleeding. Initial workup included an endometrial biopsy and an ultrasound....

Endosalpingiosis was first described by Sampson in 1930. However, until recently more and more studies show the convincing evidence that it most probably originates from tubal cells. It has a close relationship with the development of serous tumors, especially low-grade serous carcinoma. The lesion does cause symptoms and signs, such as chronic abdominal pain or tumor-like mass, though it is of...

Despite significant advances in surgical and medical management, epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) remains the fifth most common cause of cancer death and the most lethal of all gynecologic malignancies in the USA. Given that EOC is a genetically and biologically heterogeneous disease, a personalized approach to management based on recognition of different EOC subtypes with distinct genotypic and...

Parasitic peritoneal leiomyomatosis (PL) and disseminated (DPL) are rare medical conditions; however, cases have been widely reported in recent years. Case1: A 43-year-old woman presented at our hospital, eight years after a laparoscopic myomectomy, with anemia uterine tumor. Magnetic resonance imaging computed tomography (CT) scans revealed mass, several other pelvic masses, subcutaneous mass ...