The aim of of the study was to investigate the possible changes of primary fine needle aspiration (FNA) diagnoses after subsequent check ups. We investigated 948 thyroid nodules and the main indications for repeat FNAs were inadequate/indeterminate FNA findings and growing nodules at ultrasound check up. FNA findings were subdivided into inadequate, benign, low-risk lesion (includes cellular fo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate ovarian tissue inadvertently excised with benign cysts during laparotomy or laparoscopy. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Private and university hospitals. PATIENT(S) 260 women, 20 to 35 years old, with unilateral benign ovarian cysts. INTERVENTION(S) One hundred fifty women operated by laparoscopic cystectomy stripping technique, and 110 women operated by laparot...

Ovarian carcinomas of epithelial type comprise a heterogeneous group of neoplasms, each with a different underlying pathogenesis and natural behaviour. Accurate classification of ovarian carcinomas is important since each type may be associated with a different behaviour, natural history and outcome. Precise classification is also critical to determine whether alternative therapeutic strategies...

A quantitative systematic review was performed to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of frozen sections in ovarian tumors. Studies that compared frozen sections and paraffin sections within subjects for diagnosis of ovarian tumors were included. Fourteen primary studies were analyzed, which included 3 659 women. For benign ovarian vs borderline/malignant tumor cases, the occurrence of a positive ...

UNLABELLED The objective of this study was to differentiate benign ovarian tumors from malignant ones before surgery using color and pulsed Doppler sonography, and to compare results obtained before and after use of contrast medium, thereby verifying whether contrast results in an improvement in the diagnostic sensitivity. METHODS Sixty two women (mean age 49.9 years) with ovarian tumors were...

OBJECTIVE To compare accuracy of serum human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) levels with cancer antigen 125 (CA-125) levels as biomarkers for ovarian cancer. METHODS The study population included 94 Korean women, including 32 patients with a diagnosis of ovarian cancer and 62 patients with a diagnosis of benign ovarian tumor. All diagnoses were confirmed by histopathological analysis. Serum HE4 le...

conclusions a majority of ovarian masses, especially those diagnosed within a short duration after hysterectomy, are benign. iranian patients with such ovarian masses when asymptomatic and associated with negative tumor markers could be followed up, and prophylactic oophorectomy may not be necessary. results of the 1052 patients with ovarian masses, 45patients (mean age, 53.11 ± 9.56 years) who...

This study investigates whether and to what extent cyclooxygenase type-2 (COX-2) and inducible nitric oxide-synthase (iNOS), both known to have an immunosuppressive effect, are expressed in human ovarian tumors. Because COX-2 and iNOS can be expressed by activated macrophages, the presence of tumor-associated macrophages and the expression of COX-2 and iNOS by these tumor-associated macrophages...