Downlo kground: Diagnostic irradiation of the mother during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood acute oblastic leukemia (ALL). There is inconsistent evidence on associations between ALL and other parental dhood diagnostic irradiation. The aim of this analysis is to investigate whether diagnostic X-rays of the r before birth, of the father before conception, or of the child increased the r...

nloaded kground: Diagnostic irradiation of the mother during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood acute oblastic leukemia (ALL). There is inconsistent evidence on associations between ALL and other parental dhood diagnostic irradiation. The aim of this analysis is to investigate whether diagnostic X-rays of the r before birth, of the father before conception, or of the child increased the ...

There is clinical evidence that prior surgery and inflammation can increase the risk of the chronic complications of radiotherapy delivered to the pelvic/abdominal region. We have established a murine model to study this interaction using as end points mortality and late gut-associated peritoneal adhesion formation. A single dose of 16 Gy of total abdominal irradiation (TAI) was used. This gave...

PURPOSE Radiation-induced gastrointestinal syndrome (RIGS) is due to the clonogenic loss of crypt cells and villi depopulation, resulting in disruption of mucosal barrier, bacterial invasion, inflammation and sepsis. Intestinal macrophages could recognize invading bacterial DNA via TLR9 receptors and transmit regenerative signals to the neighboring crypt. We therefore investigated whether syste...

Malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC) rarely presents in patients with endometrial cancer. It usually occurs months or years after the diagnosis of the primary tumor. A 65-year-old woman presented with a huge uterine tumor suspecting leiomyosarcoma. She underwent total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Histopathological examination revealed mixed carcinoma (small ce...

Acute abdominal aortic occlusion is an infrequent, vascular condition that requires emergency surgery. It should be managed promptly due to its fatal outcome.Thrombosis of abdominal aorta is usually insidious onset.Most cases of aortic thrombosis occur in fifth to sixth decades of life but the condition has been reported in patients as young as 29 years.1 In majority of cases thrombosis is seco...

Background: Perforation of intra-abdominal organs such as the bowel and urinary bladder is one of the most serious complications related to peritoneal dialysis catheter (PDC) insertion procedures. Such a risk increases in patients with a history of prior abdominal surgery or irradiation. The “alpha-replacer” is a unique wire that is usually soft, but becomes harder if coiled in the hand. Applic...

Small cell ovarian carcinoma of the pulmonary type is a rare and highly aggressive tumor for which a suitable treatment strategy has not been established. A 45-year-old woman presented with abdominal swelling, and primary ovarian carcinoma was suspected. The postoperative pathological diagnosis was small cell ovarian carcinoma of the pulmonary type. She also had complicated grade 1 endometrioid...

Introduction: Burkitt lymphoma is an aggressive subtype of Hodgkin lymphoma with a doubling time of 25 hours. It is characterized by a MYC gene coding alteration which results from a translocation of chromosome 8 on the MYC gene locus and immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus (IGH) on chromosome 14. Even though HIV infection is associated to an increased risk of Burkitt lymphoma, th...