The Prevalence of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Its Phenotypes and Cardio-Metabolic Features in a Community Sample of Iranian Population: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), its phenotypical and cardio-metabolic features in a community sample of the Iranian population in comparison to healthy eumenorrheic, non-hirsute women without polycystic ovaries. The second aim was to assess the cardio-metabolic characteristics of women who suffered from one criteria of PCOS compared to those healthy eumenorrheic, non-hirsute women.

Methods: In this cross-sectional population-based study, a total of 1,960 eligible women, aged (18-45 years) were recruited from the Tehran-Lipid and Glucose-Study participants and were classified as the three groups of (i) women with PCOS by the Rotterdam criteria, (ii) non-PCOS women with one criteria of PCOS and (iii) healthy eumenorrheic, non-hirsute women without polycystic ovaries morphology (PCOM) as the control group.

Prediction of Stress Urinary Incontinence Using the Retrovesical (β) Angle in Transperineal Ultrasound.

Objectives: The accurate, rapid diagnosis of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women can profoundly improve their sexual and psychosocial life. In this study, the diagnostic power of SUI was assessed by transperineal ultrasound.

Methods: In this hospital-based case-control study, married women who were referred to the gynecologic and ultrasound wards with negative urinalysis and culture results were enrolled by random sampling.

Effects of Obesity on Axillary Lymph Node Structure: Association of Hilar Fat Deposition and Alterations in Cortex Width.

This study aims to evaluate the effects of obesity on the structure of axillary lymph nodes in women with no evidence of breast or axilla pathology. In this prospective study, we documented the body mass index of 204 women who were referred for screening mammography. Two radiologists have independently viewed the mammograms to find the largest axillary lymph node and reported its dimensions.

Congenital external carotid-external jugular arteriovenous fistula: diagnosis with contrast-enhanced computed tomography.

Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) between the external carotid artery and external jugular vein is extremely rare, with only few cases reported in the literature so far. Most of these AVFs have been either iatrogenic or secondary to previous trauma. Herein, we report a 42-year-old woman with congenital AVF between the external carotid artery and external jugular vein, presenting with palpitation and dyspnea.