Many patients arrive in the emergency department with acute lumbar and cervical muscle spasm (focal dystonia) that occurs either spontaneously or secondary to nonimpact axial injuries (i.e., lifting and twisting). Current treatment options, such as opioids, NSAIDs and anxiolytics, provide either minimal or no relief or precipitate undesirable side effects. My hypothesis was that benztropine, an...

KISS1 and its receptor, KISS1R, have both been found to be expressed in central nervous system, but few data are present in the literature about their distribution in peripheral nervous structures. Thus, the aim of the present study was to investigate, through immunohistochemistry, the expression and distribution of KISS1 and KISS1R in the rat and human carotid bodies and superior cervical gang...

There are abundant sympathetic nerve fibers in cervical posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL). The aim of this study was to investigate the role of PLL in the occurrence of sympathetic symptoms. Ten healthy adult beagles were selected and anesthetized to establish a PLL compression model by C4/5 discectomy, nucleus pulposus tissue replantation, and plate internal fixation. The middle cervical g...

The relationship of Chlamydia trachomatis inclusion-forming units in quantitative culture to clinical manifestations and inflammation in urogenital disease was assessed in 1179 patients attending a sexually transmitted diseases clinic. In women, greater inclusion-forming unit counts were associated with cervical mucopus (3000 vs. 450 ifu), amount and character of cervical discharge, > or =30 po...

Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most common and spoiling sexually transmitted diseases in different countries. It plays an important role in disease such as salpingitis and arthritis, crevicitis, premature rupture of membrane, neonatal infection while passing through the vaginal, infertility and ectopic pregnancy. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence of Chlamydia infection ...

CONTEXT AND PURPOSE Uterine cervical ectopy (cervical erosion) is today considered to be a physiological condition, but there still seems to be a strong tendency towards treating it. The purpose of this study was to review the medical literature for evidence regarding benefits from treating cervical ectopy. METHODS The following databases were reviewed: Medical Literature Analysis and Retriev...

This study aimed to evaluate the association between risk factors for uterine cervical neoplasms and cervical lesions by HPV by comparison of the visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), cytology and cervicography results. A prevalence research was made with 157 women in a health center of Fortaleza in the period of June to September 2006. The SPSS program was used to codify the data. Inferenc...

BACKGROUND Cervical cancer is the second most common malignancy in women worldwide. Vaginal bleeding and vaginal discharge are the most common symptoms. Although ascites has been reported in cases with cervical cancer, it is due to other causes such as ovarian metastasis. CASE PRESENTATION A 78-year-old diabetic woman who presented with ascites and abdominopelvic mass was misdiagnosed with ov...

A thirty-nine year old woman with history of infertility was admitted at the 14 week of gestation complaining of acute abdominal pain. Ultrasound revealed a large intramural fibroid bulging into the uterine cavity showing signs of degeneration. It was pressing on the gestational sac with a normal intrauterine pregnancy. The internal cervical os was funneling indicating incompetence of the inter...