Polycystic ovaries and the polycystic ovary syndrome phenotype in women with active acromegaly.

Background: Previous retrospective studies have suggested that women with acromegaly may present with menstrual irregularity and symptoms/signs of hyperandogenism, a phenotype similar to that of the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate prospectively the presence of the PCOS phenotype (PCOSP) and polycystic ovaries (PCO) on ultrasonography in women with active acromegaly.

Design: Women within the reproductive age range (21-43 years) with active acromegaly of recent onset and/or previous surgical and/or medical therapy were studied.

Internal hemorrhage caused by a twisted malignant ovarian dysgerminoma: ultrasonographic findings of a rare case and review of the literature.

Purpose: Ovarian cancer presents as an acute abdomen very rarely. The purpose of the study is the description of a right ovarian malignant dysgerminoma presenting as an abdominal emergency.

Case: A 16-year-old white female presented with acute abdominal pain in the right iliac fossa.

Uterine adnexal torsion: pathologic and gray-scale ultrasonographic findings.

Introduction: Uterine adnexal torsion is a rare and potentially lethal condition that may arise most unexpectedly in women of any age. It may be partial or complete, the later often resulting in necrosis, gangrene and peritonitis if untreated. The purpose of the study was to determine the spectrum of the histologic and gray-scale sonographic pictures in a series of surgically proven cases of uterine adnexal torsion.

Ruptured tubo-ovarian abscess as a complication of IVF treatment: clinical, ultrasonographic and histopathologic findings. A case report.

Tuboovarian abscess is a rare complication of IVF treatment, which can be lethal on rupture. Hereby, we present a case of a ruptured tubo-ovarian abscess, following transvaginal ultrasound-guided oocyte retrieval for IVF and transcervical embryo trasfer in a 38-year-old white female patient with five years of primary infertility who underwent aspiration of bilateral hydrosalpinges at the time of oocyte retrieval. This case suggests that the reactivation of latent pelvic infection due to a previous pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) was the possible route of infection after transvaginal ultrasound-directed follicle aspiration--transcervical embryo transfer.

Clinical considerations and sonographic findings of a large nonpedunculated primary cervical leiomyoma complicated by heavy vaginal haemorrhage: a case report and review of the literature.

Leiomyomas of the uterine cervix are uncommon. Cervical leiomyomas in non-pregnant women rarely are of clinical significance and their complications include pressure effects on the bladder or urethra, degenerative phenomema and menorrhagia. We present a case of 46-year-old female, gravida 2, para 1 who was presented in the gynaecological emergency room with the chief complaint of profound vaginal bleeding over the previous three weeks with recent passage of clots.