In ectothermic species, females often produce larger eggs in colder environments. Models based on energetic constraints suggest that this pattern is an adaptation to compensate for the slower growth of offspring in the cold. Yet, females in cold environments also tend to be larger than females in warm environments. Consequently, thermal clines in egg size could be caused by pelvic constraints, ...

BACKGROUND Leiomyoma with secondary changes arising from Mullerian remnant may mimic ovarian tumor in women with Mayer-Rockitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome in patients with pelvic mass and urologic abnormalities. CASE DETAIL The patient was a 40 years old known case of MRKH, presented with lower abdominal pain and swelling for over one year. On physical examination, large pelvic mass (ab...

Benign multicystic peritoneal mesothelioma (BMPM) is rare and difficult to diagnose before surgery. We report a case of BMPM incidentally discovered during laparoendoscopic single site surgery (LESS) for treatment of a pelvic mass. A 47-year-old Korean menopaused woman presented to our outpatient clinic with a pelvic mass. She had a history of right ovary cystectomy with adhesiolysis at a local...

Primary ovarian Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL) is a rarely seen neoplasm and the diagnosis is revealed histologically. A 23-year-old multigravid woman was admitted to our clinic, complaining with abdominal distension, pelvic pain and high body temperature. In this case we present our approach and the management of this pelvic mass was concluded as a BL before the laparotomy. The diagnosis of BL was es...

Hydatid disease is a widespread parasitic infection caused by tapeworm Echinococcus and it affects mainly the liver, but other organs such as pelvic organs could be involved very rare. Here we report a case of hydatid cyst with involvement of oviduct in a woman with endometrial cancer. It was misdiagnosed as a multicystic right ovarian mass before surgery and by microscopic study it was shown a...

First Admission The patient's blood pressure was found to be 150/ 110 mm Hg, and pelvic exam revealed a large pelvic mass. Intravenous pyelogram showed normal kidneys and collecting system; a pelvic soft tissue mass indented the bladder. Serum potassium was 2.8 mEq/liter, random peripheral plasma renin activity (PRA) was 52 ng angiotensin I (ANG I)/ml/hr (normal upper limit on a low salt diet =...

Hydatid disease is a widespread parasitic infection caused by tapeworm Echinococcus and it affects mainly the liver, but other organs such as pelvic organs could be involved very rare. Here we report a case of hydatid cyst with involvement of oviduct in a woman with endometrial cancer. It was misdiagnosed as a multicystic right ovarian mass before surgery and by microscopic study it was shown a...

OBJECTIVE To report a case of cancer of the colon which presented as secondaries to the ovaries. METHOD Case report. SUMMARY The case presented is that of a 39-year-old female who presented with lower abdominal pain and a multinodular pelvic mass which led to an initial diagnosis of multiple uterine fibroids and pelvic inflammatory disease. The presence of a colonic mass was first suggested...

This study is a multi-center clinical study, which aimed to compare CA125, HE4, and risk of ovarian malignancy algorithm (ROMA) in predicting epithelial ovarian cancer of Korean women with a pelvic mass. Prospectively, serum from 90 Korean women with ovarian mass was obtained prior to surgery. For control group, serum from 79 normal populations without ovarian mass was also obtained. The HE4 an...

Elevated body mass index has been identified as a potential risk factor for complications in operatively treated pelvic trauma. Although obesity is an independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality following high-energy blunt force trauma, there is little information on the immediate complications following isolated pelvic and acetabular fractures in obese patients with trauma. The authors...