Progesterone-binding cyst protein (PBCP) in operable breast cancer: correlations with prognostic factors and predictive value for effect of adjuvant tamoxifen treatment.

Progesterone-binding cyst protein (PBCP) is a secretory protein which has been found in varying concentrations and incidence in cytosols from benign breast tumors, primary breast cancer and metastasis. In order to evaluate its correlation to other prognostic factors, PBCP was analysed in tumor cytosols from 386 women with stage I and stage II breast cancer. The incidence of PBCP negative (i.

[Phyllodes tumor].

This very rare breast tumour has been diagnosed in five cases, four females and one male, at our hospital during the last two years. The females all presented tumours with a diameter ranging from 5 to 15 cm. Age at diagnosis ranged from 21 to 54 years.

Pleomorphic adenoma of the human breast with local recurrence.

Pleomorphic adenoma of the human breast is a rare, benign tumor for which the literature is sparse. A local recurrence has been reported only once before. The diagnostic challenge of this cancer-imitating lesion is emphasized in this report.

Splenic injury--a prospective multicentre diagnostic study.

One hundred and forty-seven patients with splenic injury were entered in a prospective multicentre study including 18 hospitals. The diagnosis was made by scintigraphy in 55 patients, ultrasonography in 51 and computed axial tomography in 31. Exploratory laparotomy was performed in 52 patients, in 23 of these after a positive peritoneal lavage.

Changes in cardiac output and systemic arterial pressure after insertion of acrylic cement during trimetaphan, sodium nitroprusside and glycerol trinitrate-induced hypotension. A comparison with changes during normotension.

The effects of implantation of acrylic monomer on the cardiovascular response were studied in 37 patients undergoing hip arthroplasty and receiving high-dose fentanyl anaesthesia, under normotensive conditions or during hypotension induced by trimetaphan (TMP), sodium nitroprusside or nitroglycerine. Heart rate, mean arterial pressure (MAP), the ventricular stroke volume (SV) and the cardiac output (CO) were monitored before, and at 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8-min intervals after the insertion of the acrylic cement into the acetabulum or the neck of femur. There was a moderate decrease in MAP after insertion into the acetabulum under normotensive conditions and TMP-induced hypotension, while the reduction in pressure was significant after the cement's application in the femur.