To discuss the management options of retained products of conception (RPOC) with increased vascularity where simple dilatation and curettage may lead to life threatening haemorrhage and endanger the life of the patient. We present a series of three cases that had RPOC with hyper vascularity and were managed with different approaches. A brief review of management options is discussed. Out of thr...

OBJECTIVE To correlate the quantitated tumor vascularity of implanted murine tumors as depicted by contrast-enhanced sonography with estimates made with magnetic resonance imaging and with estimates of the percentage of viable (metabolically active) tumor as depicted by fluorodeoxyglucose autoradiography. METHODS Implanted tumors in 10 mice were imaged with contrast-enhanced sonography, magne...

AIMS High expression of the angiogenic factor vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in tumours has been found to be associated with poor prognosis in some studies, but not in others. The aims of this study were to determine the prognostic value of VEGF in operable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and its possible association with vascularity. METHODS Sections from 81 NSCLC archival spec...

We developed a novel approach to assess tumor vascularity using recombinant Gaussia luciferase (rGluc) protein and bioluminescence imaging. Upon intravenous injection of rGluc followed by its substrate coelenterazine, non-invasive visualization of tumor vascularity by bioluminescence imaging was possible. We applied this method for longitudinal monitoring of tumor vascularity in response to the...

BACKGROUND The aim of the present study was to assess any potential relationship between perifollicular vascularity and outcome in an in-vivo environment following human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) administration. METHODS A total of 182 unselected consecutive patients undergoing stimulated intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles was recruited where the perifollicular vascularity of follicles...

INTRODUCTION We sought to assess vascularity in wrist tenosynovitis by using power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) and to compare detection of intra- and peritendinous vascularity with that of contrast-enhanced grey-scale ultrasound (CEUS). METHODS Twenty-six tendons of 24 patients (nine men, 15 women; mean age ± SD, 54.4 ± 11.8 years) with a clinical diagnosis of tenosynovitis were examined with B...

BACKGROUND A placental polyp is an intrauterine polypoid mass or pedunculated mass occurring from residual trophoblastic tissue following abortion, cesarean section or vaginal delivery. Recently uterine preservation surgery represented by transcervical resection (TCR) has been performed for placental polyps. However TCR without intravascular intervention, including uterine artery embolization (...

The aim of this study was to ascertain the incidence of "increased endometrial vascularity" recorded in the ultrasound scan reports, in the context of RPOC and correlate this finding with the incidence of life threatening intra-operative bleeding. Ultrasound scan reports sometimes mention the presence of increased endometrial / sub-endometrial vascularity in the context of retained products of ...