Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) is the most impressive and frequent evidence of locoregional spread of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). For most of its natural history, PC remains confined to the peritoneal district, thus representing a target for various combinations of surgery and systemic or loco-regional chemotherapy. PC is observed both in primary settings, i.e. in patients first treated fo...

Osteoporosis is an important age-related disease constituting a major health problem in most developed societies especially among postmenopausal women who are expected to live well into the 80s. An estimated total of about 75 million people in the USA, Europe and Japan are afflicted by the disease. It is often the underlying cause of spine, wrist and hip fractures. Spinal fracture leads to pain...

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. A 73-year-old male visited the Emergency Department for weakness in both legs. He had a 20-y...

was treated with carbamazepine and amitryp-tiline for symptomatic relief and advised follow up. Meanwhile, he underwent splenec-tomy uneventfully. His platelet counts improved subsequently. At a follow-up after three months, his neuropathic symptoms were markedly better and at six months, he was asymptomatic. He has since been followed up for three years, without recurrence of neuropathy. Neuro...

Accumulated evidence over the past 10 years has strongly indicated that the fallopian tube is the site of origin for many high-grade serous carcinomas (1), which represent 50% to 60% of all epithelial ovarian cancers. This multi-origin model of ovarian cancer development has important implications for prevention of ovarian cancer: if some or all high-grade serous tumors develop in the fallopian...

clusters of absence seizures. The patient was born after an uncomplicated pregnancy by spontaneous delivery and an uneventful perinatal period. Growth and development were normal and she was in second grade in a regular school. Her medical history included right nephrec-tomy because of a dysplastic kidney. Since she was 5 years old her parents noted multiple daily episodes of staring, sometimes...

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Determine the exact incidence and nature of the microbial flora in bile of the patients with cholelithiasis and chronic cholecystitis as well as their antibiotic sensitivity pattern. which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Dear Editor, The most p...

giant cell tumors of the neck occur very rarely. Although such tumors usually arise from cartilaginous neck structures, they sometimes originate in the soft tissues. Soft-tissue giant cell tumors of the neck are likely to be more aggressive and have a higher mortality rate than are tumors arising from the cartilaginous larynx. An aggressive use of available treatment modalities, including radio...

A 36 year old woman presented with mild recurrent haemoptysis and cough persisting over several months caused by a malignant haemangiopericytoma of the right lung. Haemangiopericytomas were first described by Stout and Murray.' About half occur at a musculoskeletal site and a primary pulmonary location is rare. To date about 90 cases of pulmonary origin have been published, most of them having ...

Astigmatism terminology and source references The article by Trivizki et al. used vector analysis in the understanding of correction of postkeratoplasty astigmatism. The article was effective in examining a complex subject of interest; however, there are problems of terminology and attribution of the source references used for the vectorial analysis. The term correction ratio in the title and o...