A quality process study of lymph node evaluation in endometrial cancer.

Our objective was to analyze the reported lymph node counts between surgeons, histology prosectors, and pathologists using a cohort of patients enrolled on a national protocol that standardized surgical intent.This is a retrospective review of patients with uterine cancer who underwent a standardized formal staging procedure as dictated by a National Cancer Institute sponsored protocol. Patients were staged using the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics 1988 guidelines.

Bilateral and multinodular signet-ring stromal tumor of the ovary.

Background: Signet-ring stromal tumor of the ovary is a rare, benign sex cord stromal tumor that is typically unilateral. Its distinction from malignant signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma metastatic to the ovary (Krukenberg tumor), is critical.

Case: A 69-year-old gravida 5 woman presented with a 1-week history of right lower abdominal pain.

Histological characteristics of singleton placentas delivered before the 28th week of gestation.

Aims: The placenta is a record of the fetal environment and its examination may provide information about the baby's subsequent growth and development. We describe the histological characteristics of 947 singleton placentas from infants born between 23 and 27 weeks gestation.

Methods: Consent was obtained from mothers who delivered before 28 weeks (clinical estimate).

Vascular and connective tissue histopathologic alterations of the female lower genital tract in scleroderma.

Objective: It has been suggested that women with scleroderma (systemic sclerosis, SSc) have cervical changes that may lead to obstetrical or postoperative complications. We evaluate histopathologic features characteristic of SSc in cervicovaginal tissue from women with SSc and compare them to age matched controls.

Methods: Records from the Scleroderma Registry at Wayne State University were matched with surgical specimens in the anatomic pathology files at Hutzel Hospital.