Value of autopsy in renal malformations: comparison of clinical diagnosis and post-mortem examination.

Background And Aim: This 6-year retrospective study reports 14 cases of renal malformations, observed in foetuses and newborns. The objective was to evaluate the usefulness of post-mortem examination in cases of renal malformations by a comparison of the post-mortem findings with clinical diagnosis.

Methods: This study included laboratory tests, ultrasonography, karyotype and detailed pathological evaluation of the foetuses and newborns by external, macroscopic, microscopic and placental examination.

Role of D-dimer testing in severe pelvic inflammatory disease: a new usable marker to assess the need for fertility-impairing surgery?

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), like many other inflammatory diseases, can be characterized by an inflammation-induced activation of the coagulation cascade, resulting in the production of D-dimers. In this study it is demonstrated how high levels of D-dimers, assayed at the time of hospitalization, are encountered in patients diagnosed with PID and how the levels of this parameter are significantly higher in patients, which due to the severity of the disease, needed surgical treatment. Therefore the d-dimer is shown to be an important parameter to be considered in the therapeutic counseling of severe forms of PID.

Effect of physical training on age-related reduction of GH secretion during exercise in normally cycling women.

Objective: To evaluate whether prolonged physical activity (25 km/week running for 8 years) modifies GH decline.

Design: The GH response to maximal exercise on bicycle-ergometer was tested in younger (26-30 years) and older (42-46 years) healthy women. Each age group included 2 subgroups of 10 sedentary and 10 runners, which were compared.

A perspective study on correlation between HPV DNA and lymph nodes in surgically treated cervical carcinoma patients. Preliminary data.

Unlabelled: The purpose of this study was to analyze the presence of HPV DNA in lymph nodes in patients with cervical cancer.

Study Design: A prespective study was performed on a total of 18 patients with cervical cancer in FIGO Stage I-II. The surgical procedure consisted of systematic pelvic lymphadenectomy with removal of the common/external/internal (obturator) iliac lymph node chains, followed by radical hysterectomy depending on the clinical stage, or by Piver's type II radical laparohysterectomy for Stage IA2 carcinoma and Piver's type-III laparohysterectomy for Stage IB or Stage II carcinoma.

Pelvic lymphadenectomy in endometrial cancer: our current experience.

Objective: Lymph node involvement is the single most important factor in the prognosis of endometrial cancer, because it is predictive of locoregional and distant metastases. The purpose of our study was to determine whether lymphadenectomy is useful in the surgical staging of endometrial cancer and if it may help establish a more accurate prognosis and reduce the need for postoperative therapy in patients without surgical complications.

Study Design: We conducted a retrospective study on 55 patients with diagnosis of endometrial cancer.