Pancreatic lipoma: An incydentaloma which can resemble cancer - analysis of 13 cases studied with CT and MRI.

Background: The purpose of this article is to present computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of rare pancreatic lipomas.

Material/methods: The analysis covered 13 patients (7 men and 6 women, aged 47-88, average: 65.6 years), with 13 pancreatic lipomas, whose cases constituted the basis for 10 contrast-enhanced CT and 5 MRI studies.

Profile of peripheral blood neutrophil cytokines in diabetes type 1 pregnant women and its correlation with selected parameters in the newborns.

Problem: Interleukin (IL)-12, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), IL-6 and IL-8 alter as pregnancy progresses, implying continuous immune regulation associated with the maintenance of pregnancy. We aimed to evaluate the peripheral blood neutrophil-derived production of these cytokines in the course of pregnancy complicated by type 1 diabetes.

Method: of study These parameters were measured in samples from healthy non-pregnant (C), diabetic non-pregnant (D), healthy pregnant (P) and pregnant diabetic (PD) women.

[Use of prenatal health care and risk of infants born small-for-gestational-age. Preliminary results of a case-control study in the Lódź voivodeship].

It is well documented that small-for-gestational age (SGA) infants are at an increased risk of perinatal mortality and morbidity. In order to identify the major modifiable risk factors of SGA birth, a case-control study was launched in the area of Lódź voivodeship, Poland. The project was focused on the evaluation of the role of perinatal health services and avoidance of exposure to tobacco smoke in the prevention of SGA births.

[Neonatal outcome multiple pregnancies at the Neonatal Department of Research Institute of Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital].

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze the course of neonatal period among babies born from truly higher-order multiple pregnancies (> or = 3).

Design: The retrospective analysis included 81 infants born from multiple pregnancies (> or = 3), hospitalized in Neonatal Department of Research Institute of Polish Mother's Memorial Hospital between 1995-2001.

Materials And Methods: Studied population contained 63 babies delivered from 21 triplet pregnancies, 8 newborns from 2 quadruplet pregnancies and ten quintuplets.

[The evaluation of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) risk factor evidence in newborns].

The aim of this study was to evaluate RDS risk factors in newborns of mothers with define pregnancy complications. The study group included mothers with imminent preterm delivery, intrauterine growth retardation, gestation cholestasis, serological collision, oligo- and polyhydramnios and foetus life threatens risk factors. RDS appeared in newborns born up till 35 weeks of gestation, for the risk factors analysis only preterm delivery, which were ended until 36 weeks of gestation were taken into consideration.