Cramps in the affected leg are quite common and persistent although sciatic pain may have disappeared completely. A small proportion of patients develop a true recurrent prolapse (prolapse from the same disc) months to years later. This varies in individual statistics, but is probably in the neighbourhood of 4 per cent. to 5 per cent. These recurrent attacks of sciatica, due to a further protru...

Neurology lays many claims to being one of the more precise and scientific branches of medicine but, nevertheless, there have been several neurological conditions almost mediaeval in their conceptions. One of these is a group included under the general heading of the neuritides-namely, sciatic and brachial neuritis and neuralgia. There is now a large body of evidence to show that the humoral, a...

BACKGROUND The precise mechanism of uterine prolapse is poorly understood. There is evidence to suggest that abnormalities of connective tissue structure or its repair mechanism may predispose women to prolapse. METHODS AND RESULTS This immunohistochemical study was performed on paraffin-embedded sections of the cardinal ligaments in an attempt to evaluate differences in the expression of ext...

Objective: Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) remains a great therapeutic challenge with no optimal treatment available. Tissue maintenance and remodeling are performed by fibroblasts, therefore altered cellular functionality may influence tissue quality. In this study, we evaluated functional characteristics of fibroblasts from tissues involved in POP. Study design: To rule out normal ageing tissue d...

LE were hyperrnobile and all but 2 were located at the leaflet coaptation point. All mitra l LE prolapsed 1nto the atrium during systole and the aortic LE prolapsed into the outflow tract during diastole. No LE were noted on the tricusp1d and pulmonic valves. No subject had a cardioembolic event during Jongterm lollow up. Conclusions: 1) LE are common (14%) in subjects with normal hearts. 2) LE...

BACKGROUND Uterine fibroids are benign tumors of the uterus and those located beneath the uterine mucosa may present as prolapsed fibroid in the vagina. Prolapsed submucous fibroid associated with complete uterovaginal prolapse is however uncommon. CASE A case of irreducible complete utero-vaginal and infected sub-mucous fibroid prolapse, in a 45-year-old grandmultiparous woman, is reported. ...

e-posta: [email protected] Abstract Leiomyomas, or fibroids, are the most common benign tumors of the uterus. Pedunculated submucous myomas usually cause menstrual irregularities but rarely labor like pain through dilating the cervix and prolapsing through it with possible avulsion of the twisted necrotic prolapsed portion. We present a case of pedunculated submucous myoma, mimicking cervica...