Uterine myomas or fibroids are common, benign smooth muscle tumours that can grow to 10  cm or more in diameter and are routinely removed surgically. They are typically slow- growing, well-vascularised, spherical tumours that, on a macro-scale, are a structurally uniform, hard elastic material. We present a multi-phase mathematical model of a fully vascularised myoma growing within a surroundin...

Objective: Inflammatory cells and their products are significant components of malignancies. This study was performed to determine the activity of inflammatory enzymes myeloperoxidase (MPO) and N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAG) in ascitic fluid, sera or peritoneal lavage fluid from patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Methods: Eighteen patients age ranging from 25 to 79 years (54.6±2.9 ye...

Results: Conventional slicing technique had longer operative time than slice and excise technique with a statistically significant difference p<0.05. In 3/17(17.6%) of conventional slicing technique, incomplete surgery with a second session was needed. In one case of slice and excise technique 1/19 (5%), complete myomectomy wasn’t achieved in one session. Operative time was significantly shorte...

Today, infertility takes a major place in gynecology practice. Non-puerperal uterine inversion is a rare event and usually accompanies submucous myoma, leiomyosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, malignant mixed Mullerian tumour, and endometrial polyp. Herein, we report a 39-year-old woman who suffered from secondary infertility together with uterine inversion, which is an extremely rare co-existence.

Background Abnormal vaginal bleeding (AUB) is among the most prevalent gynecologic complaints, which is responsible for nearly 33% of all gynecology clinic referees. Intrauterine anatomic lesions are one of the etiologies leading to AUB and hysteroscopy is the gold standard method for evaluating these problems. The accuracy of hysteroscopy vary in different intra-cavitary problems. Gold standar...

We present a first attempt to create an in-silico model of a uterine leiomyoma, a typical exponent of a common benign tumor. We employ a finite element model to investigate the interaction between a chemically driven growth of the pathology and the mechanical response of the surrounding healthy tissue. The model includes neoplastic tissue growth, oxygen and growth factor transport as well as an...