Intestinal lymphangitis carcinomatosa related to ovarian cancer: Case report and review of the literature.

We present a 57-year-old woman with ovarian cancer that presented to the Emergency Room with a proximal small bowel obstruction. Exploratory laparotomy evidenced a thickened 10 cm extension of the proximal jejunum without bowel peristalsis, with stenotic enteric lumen, with a lesion apparently originating from its submucosal and muscular layers. The patient underwent an exploratory laparotomy with total hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, omentectomy, small bowel resection and peritoneal biopsies.

Serum prolactin and CA-125 levels as biomarkers of peritoneal endometriosis.

Background/aims: To evaluate serum prolactin and CA-125 levels as biomarkers for the diagnosis of peritoneal endometriosis.

Methods: A prospective study was performed. Blood samples were drawn from a peripheral vein during the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle (day 19-21 prior to the surgery) to analyze through relative operating characteristic curve the serum prolactin and CA-125 levels for diagnosis of peritoneal endometriosis.

There is no complete linkage between the polymorphisms N680S and T307A of the follicular stimulating hormone receptor gene in fertile women.

Purpose: We conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate the linkage of FSHR T307A and N680S in a group of fertile women.

Methods: Peripheral blood was obtained from 51 fertile women. DNA extraction and isolation were performed.

Endometriosis at several sites, cyclic bowel symptoms, and the likelihood of the appendix being affected.

In patients with endometriosis of the appendix, other sites are use to be affected by the disease, mainly bladder, rectosigmoid and retrocervical endometriosis. When these characteristics are present or if patients have more than three sites affected by endometriosis, the surgeon should evaluate the appendix carefully.