[18-year-old woman with an ovarian tumour detected by coincidence].

Massive ovarian edema (MOE) is a rare, benign disease of young women. Because preoperatively in most cases the differential diagnosis primarily appears to indicate the presence of a malignant tumour, there is a risk that these patients will be subjected to unnecessary overtreatment. In the case of the 18-year-old patient described here, on the basis of the preoperative data the suspected clinical diagnosis was polycystic ovarian (PCO) syndrome.

Serum levels of CA 125 and TPS during treatment of ovarian cancer.

Two hundred and sixty ovarian cancer patients (including all FIGO stages) were enrolled in a prospective multicentre study. In this interim study we analyzed 206 patients receiving combined chemotherapy for at least 3 courses for two-year overall survival (OS). CA 125 and TPS were applied for monitoring treatment and the relationship between marker levels, marker changes and clinical assessments was established.

Prognostic significance of CA 125 and TPS levels after 3 chemotherapy courses in ovarian cancer patients.

Objective: To evaluate the prognostic significance of and predictive value for survival of CA 125 and TPS levels after three chemotherapy courses in ovarian cancer patients.

Methods: We analyzed in a prospective multicenter study the 1- and 2-year overall survival (OS) in ovarian carcinoma patients. The prognostic significance of CA 125 and TPS levels above the discrimination value (25 kU/L and 100 U/L, respectively) was examined by univariate and multivariate analyses.

Primary ciliary dyskinesia: a genome-wide linkage analysis reveals extensive locus heterogeneity.

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), or immotile cilia syndrome (ICS), is an autosomal recessive disorder affecting ciliary movement with an incidence of 1 in 20000-30000. Dysmotility to complete immotility of cilia results in a multisystem disease of variable severity with recurrent respiratory tract infections leading to bronchiectasis and male subfertility. Ultrastructural defects are present in ciliated mucosa and spermatozoa.

Prognostic significance of CA 125 and TPS levels after chemotherapy in ovarian cancer patients.

The analysis of survival data of patients with epithelial ovarian cancer proved that both CA 125 and TPS were good markers for clinical outcome prediction. Patients receiving chemotherapy were analyzed for 2-year overall survival (OS). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed highly significant differences in OS between patients with stage I+II (survival for 2 years 68%) and stage III+IV (survival for 2 years 33%; p = 0.

[Primary ciliary dyskinesia in situs inversus without bronchiectasis].

Background: In adults suffering from Kartagener's syndrome-which is found in 50% of patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)-bronchiectasis is still one of three typical clinical features. In this condition it is caused by chronic bacterial inflammation as a result of impaired mucociliary clearance in congenital ciliary dysfunction. Little information is available on the incidence, age-related development and prophylactic therapy of bronchiectasis in children suffering from PCD.

[Primary ciliary dyskinesia, immotile cilia syndrome, and Kartagener syndrome: diagnostic criteria].

Primary ciliary dyskinesia is the generic term for a heterogeneous group of inherited diseases in which ciliary ultrastructure is defective and as a consequence ciliary motility is disturbed. An international consensus on the diagnostic criteria has not yet been reached. This paper reviews some recent findings which are useful in the diagnosis of the disease and attempts to establish the best diagnostic criteria.