Granulosa cell tumour of the ovary complicated by spontaneous haemoperitoneum in menopause - a case report and systematic review of the literature.

Introduction: A possible cause for acute abdomen is haemoperitoneum resulting from the rupture of an ovarian tumour. Here we discuss a case of spontaneous haemoperitoneum caused by granulosa cell tumour (GCT) rupture in a postmenopausal woman.

Material And Methods: We present a systematic review of the current literature to draw attention to this rare gynaecological complication and provide guidance about the most appropriate management.

Mature and immature teratoma: A report from the second Italian pediatric study.

Background: Teratomas demonstrate a benign clinical behavior, however they may recur with malignant components or as teratoma, and in a small group of patients prognosis could be fatal. After the first Italian study, we collected cases of teratoma, alongside the protocol for malignant germ cell tumors.

Procedure: Patients with teratoma were collected from 2004 to 2014.

Oral 17beta-estradiol and sequential progesterone in menopause: effects on insulin-like growth factors and their binding proteins.

Objective: We evaluated the acute effects of low-dose oral estradiol and sequential progesterone on the insulin-like growth factor (IGF)/growth hormone (GH) axis, IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs) 1 and 3, and plasma levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in postmenopausal subjects.

Study Design: Thirty healthy normal-weight women (mean age: 54.2 +/- 5.