BACKGROUND Many surgeons assume that adhesions encountered during surgery negatively influence surgical outcomes. This article attempts to assess the role adhesions have on outcomes of colon cancer surgery. METHODS Records of 1,071 consecutive patients operated for colonic adenocarcinoma (2004-2011) were reviewed. Patients were assigned to 3 groups: no adhesions, any adhesions, or dense adhes...

Alteration of the cell/substratum adhesive structures of rat fibroblasts (3Y1 cells) upon transformation by Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) was investigated by immunofluorescence microscopy. In serum-containing culture medium, 3Y1 cells developed focal adhesions as their main adhesive structures, while BY1 cells expressed peculiar close contacts along the cell periphery with the vitronectin receptor i...

Ovarian incidentalomas are reported in 5-18% of asymptomatic females in cross sectional imaging. Even in oncologic patients the majority of these lesions will be benign, with hydrosalpinx and ovarian cysts as leading diagnoses. Special emphasis should be given to adnexal lesions in patients with history of primaries from the GI tract or breast cancer, both of which have a propensity to metastas...

A 36-year-old woman came to our OPD with presentation of a solitary, indurated, nonpainful subcutaneous plaque on the left nipple area for 2 months. There was neither discharge nor ulceration. Axillary's lymph node was not palpable. Histopathological examination directed the diagnosis to microcystic adnexal carcinoma. A wide excision was performed with negative margin. The preoperative and intr...

Malignant transformation of mature cystic teratoma of the ovary can develop with an incidence of 1-2%. Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignant tumor arising in benign cystic teratoma. The authors have recently experienced a case of combined microcystic adnexal carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma arising in a benign cystic teratoma of the ovary in a 72-year-old Korean woman. The r...

INTRODUCTION Single-site laparoscopy is gaining acceptance in many surgical fields including gynecology. The purpose of this report is to demonstrate the technique and outcome for removing a large adnexal mass through a single site. CASE DESCRIPTION A 41-y-old female was referred to gynecology oncology for increased abdominal girth for 3 mo. An ultrasound confirmed a benign-appearing, 37-cm l...

BACKGROUND Pseudocarcinomatous hyperplasia of the fallopian tube is a rare, benign disease characterized by florid epithelial hyperplasia. CASE PRESENTATION The authors present the history and details of a 22-year-old woman with bilateral pelvic masses and a highly elevated serum CA-125 level (1,056 U/ml). Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pelvis showed bilateral adn...

BACKGROUND Orbital tuberculosis (OTb) is rare and may be regarded as a manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. We report an interesting case series of six patients with varied presentations of orbital and adnexal tuberculosis in a South Indian patient population. RESULTS A retrospective, interventional case series of six patients diagnosed with orbital and adnexal tuberculosis on the ba...