About 30% of patients who were treated by resection as pancreatic tumors are evaluated cystic neoplasm. These include serous cystadenoma (SCA), Mucinous neoplasm (MCN), and Intraductal papillary mucinous (IPMN). Among them, SCA had a very low cancer progression rate less than 0.1% in multi-organ studies. Therefore, without symptoms do not undergo surgery. However, surgery is sometimes performed...

BACKGROUND Cystic pancreatic lesions are more and more often found. Malignant risk ranges from nil to more than 60%. A precise diagnosis is required to adapt surveillance or therapeutic strategy. METHODS We tried to identify the most difficult differential diagnoses encountered in a tertiary center of pancreatology and to guide the reader as how to reach the correct strategy and diagnosis in ...

The presence and location of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was examined in tissue sections of 14 mucinous and 13 serous cystadenomas and cystadenocarcinomas of the ovary. CEA was demonstrated in the mucinous tumors but was not present in the serous tumors. In the mucinous tumors, CEA was located in the glycocalyx and apical portions of the absorptive-type epithelium, with only trace quantities...

BACKGROUND Benign ovarian cysts are common among both pre- and postmenstrual women. Surgical intervention for excision of an ovarian cyst is mandated when symptomatic, or chance for malignancy is high. The damaging effect of surgical ovarian cystectomy on ovarian reserve is debated in recent studies. OBJECTIVE In the present study we investigated serum level of anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) as...

Ovarian lesions can present in any age of life and has a wide spectrum presentation. They contribute to most the pelvic masses encountered clinical practice reproductive group. Histopathological examination is prime importance ovarian as it difficult diagnose these on basis history, radiology alone. : To analyse categorize them histomorphological pattern. A total 132 cases were studied from Jan...

Objective: We aimed to evaluate adnexal masses in pregnant women who were referred the gynecologic oncology department. Material and Methods: Data of gynecological department between November 2016 June 2019 with suspicion malignancy retrieved through hospital's electronic medical records that included patients' demographic characteristics, gestational age, ultrasonographic, magnetic resonance i...