[Use of transrectal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the staging of early-stage cervical cancer].

Objective: The goal of this study was to compare the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)--a standard method--and transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) in the staging and determination of significant prognostic parameters in early-stage cervical cancer. The following prognostic parameters were evaluated: identification of residual tumor in the cervix after cone-biopsy, tumor volume, and early parametrial infiltration.

Design: Prospective study.

Transrectal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in staging of early cervical cancer.

The goal of this study was to determine the sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) in comparison to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of tumor volume, early parametrial infiltration, and identification of residual tumor in early-stage cervical cancer. Patients in whom an early-stage cervical cancer was diagnosed by clinical examination were enrolled in the study. Only those patients who were examined by both MRI and TRUS with following surgical treatment were included.

Ambulatory blood pressure correlates with renal volume and number of renal cysts in children with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

Objective: In adult patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) renal volume was found to be significantly greater in hypertensive compared to normotensive patients. The purpose of this study was to find out if blood pressure (BP) is related to renal size also in children with ADPKD, for example, in an early stage of the disease.

Method And Results: Sixty-two children with ADPKD and normal renal function (mean age 12.

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in children with unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney.

Unlabelled: Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is one of the most common congenital renal anomalies. Arterial hypertension is a potential complication of MCDK. Blood pressure (BP) has so far been measured only casually and the frequency of hypertension has been estimated to be between 0%-8%.

[Abdominal lymphangiomas in childhood].

The authors evaluate their experience with the diagnosis and treatment of abdominal lymphangiomas during the period of 1995-1999. During the above period 6 girls and 4 boys with abdominal lymphangiomas were operated. The mean age at the time of operation was 5 years and 8 months.