Emergency Uterine Artery Embolization Used for Managing Profuse Intra-Abdominal Bleeding and Uterine Rupture in a Patient with Advanced Cervical Cancer.

Advanced cervical cancer can lead to life-threatening vaginal bleeding. Emergency uterine artery embolization (UAE) has been successfully used in such cases to achieve hemostasis. Our case demonstrates the unusual emergency use of this procedure to cease heavy hemorrhage, which led to hematometra, uterine rupture and hemoperitoneum in a patient with a large tumor in the cervical region.

Primary cardiac tumours: how well can prenatal diagnosis "predict" postnatal outcome?

Objective: Primary foetal cardiac tumours are rare congenital malformations. They can cause a flow obstruction, arrhythmias and can lead to cardiac failure, hydrops or death. Postnatal management is based on patient´s clinical and hemodynamic impairment.

Prenatal Diagnosis of Torcular Dural Sinus Malformation: A Case Study.

Torcular dural sinus malformations (tDSMs) are rare congenital defects representing a complex of vascular anomalies that have been grouped in one single unit. Although the current literature suggests a generally favourable prognosis for prenatally diagnosed tDSMs, there are still only limited data and published papers on the subject. Factors resulting in an adverse outcome of the fetuses and children have to be taken into consideration to determine precisely the nature of the consultation and management.

Fractionation Techniques to Increase Plant Proteome Coverage: Combining Separation in Parallel at the Protein and the Peptide Level.

Peptide spectral libraries enable targeted identification and quantitation of low-abundance proteins in a complex plant proteome. Here we describe parallel protein and peptide fractionation techniques to improve plant proteome coverage and facilitate construction of spectral libraries.

Hydrogen Peroxide: Its Role in Plant Biology and Crosstalk with Signalling Networks.

Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) is steadily gaining more attention in the field of molecular biology research. It is a major REDOX (reduction⁻oxidation reaction) metabolite and at high concentrations induces oxidative damage to biomolecules, which can culminate in cell death. However, at concentrations in the low nanomolar range, H₂O₂ acts as a signalling molecule and in many aspects, resembles phytohormones.