Leiomyoma of the Vulva: Case Report.

Background: Leiomyoma of the vulva is rare, accounting for only 0.03% of all gynecological tumors, and it is seldom seen in teenagers.

Case: We describe a case of vulvar leiomyoma in a 14-year-old girl who presented a 10 × 10 cm solid tumor in the right hemivulva without other complaints.

Lack of association between plasma myeloperoxidase levels and angiographic severity of coronary artery disease in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

Objective: To evaluate the association between plasma myeloperoxidase (MPO) levels and angiographic severity of coronary atherosclerotic lesions in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

Design And Methods: This cross-sectional study examined high-risk ACS patients who underwent coronary angiography within 72 h of the onset of symptoms by measuring their plasma MPO levels after sheath insertion. Gensini score was used to evaluate angiographic severity of coronary artery disease.

Computerized procedure for analyzing hand kinematics with a peg-moving task (Sarah-Pegworks).

This article describes Sarah-Pegworks, a computerized procedure for analyzing hand kinematics based on the peg-moving task. The procedure, developed in Visual Basic 6 programming language, includes (1) processing raw data from an infrared motion-tracking system, (2) identifying movement components, and (3) analyzing and presenting hand kinematic information in numerical and graphic outputs. Fifty-five normal adults set the parameters relative to filtering and movement identification.

Outpatient evaluation of vision and ocular motricity in 123 children with cerebral palsy.

Purpose: Children with cerebral palsy (CP) may present varied ophthalmological problems. Paradoxically, however, investigation of visual function and possible related disorders is not routinely conducted in this population during medical consultations.

Method: This paper proposes a simple, practical guide for assessing vision and ocular motricity in children with CP.

Hand skill assessment with a reduced version of the Peg Moving Task (PMT-5) in children: normative data and application in children with cerebral palsy.

This paper proposes a simple method of hand skill assessment in children that can be useful in clinical practice. A reduced 5-hole version of Annett's Peg Moving Task was used to quantify hand skill bilaterally in 435 normally developing preschool and school-children, and adolescents aged 3-18 years from Brazil. The cross-cultural validity of the normative data obtained in Brazil was verified in 157 school-children aged 6-11 years from France.

Role of probucol in inhibiting intimal hyperplasia after coronary stent implantation: a randomized study.

Background: Oxygen-free radicals can stimulate smooth muscle cell proliferation and may therefore be involved in the genesis of in-stent restenosis. Thus, treatment with probucol, a potent antioxidant agent that has been shown to reduce restenosis after balloon angioplasty, may be an effective strategy to prevent intimal hyperplasia after stenting.

Methods: In a prospective double-blind study, 59 patients submitted to coronary stent implantation were randomly assigned to treatment with either probucol (1 g/d) or placebo, starting two weeks before the procedure and continued for 6 months.