[Radiological abnormalities and long-term IUD use: think of actinomycosis].

Background: A rare cause of nonspecific, chronic abdominal pain is actinomycosis. Extensive disease can cause chronic peritonitis mimicking malignancy.

Case Description: A 59-year-old women presented with aspecific chronic abdominal pain, after 23 years of IUD use.

Evaluation of effectiveness of the PlasmaJet surgical device in the treatment of advanced stage ovarian cancer (PlaComOv-study): study protocol of a randomized controlled trial in the Netherlands.

Background: The most important goal for survival benefit of advanced stage ovarian cancer is to surgically remove all visible tumour, because complete cytoreductive surgery (CCS) has been shown to be associated with prolonged survival. In a remarkable number of women, CCS is very challenging. Especially in women with many small metastases on the peritoneum and intestinal surface, conventional CCS with electrosurgery is not able to be "complete" in removing safely all visible tumour.

Post-menopausal vaginal bleeding caused by carcinoma of the appendix: a case report.

Introduction: Post-menopausal blood loss is a common complaint of patients seen in gynecological practice. The most frequent malignancy found in cases of post-menopausal bleeding is endometrial cancer. Other causes can be malignancies of the rest of a woman's genital tract or metastases from other tumors.

Seroprevalence of Bordetella pertussis infection during pregnancy measured by IgG antibodies against pertussis toxin.

Bordetella pertussis infection may cause severe illness in newborns. Mothers with B. pertussis infection during delivery can infect newborns.