Background: Hormone therapy (HT) in transgender males requires monitoring. For amenorrheic transmasculine individuals on HT, episodes of abnormal vaginal bleeding should be assessed promptly.
Case: A 33-year-old transgender man on exogenous testosterone therapy for medical gender transition was found to have stage IV endometrioid endometrial adenocarcinoma.
Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is a treatment option for epithelial ovarian cancer following cytoreductive surgery. The intraperitoneal spread of the disease makes the peritoneal cavity an ideal target for drug delivery. HIPEC has shown promising results in improving overall survival in epithelial ovarian cancer patients when performed during interval cytoreductive surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOvarian microcystic stromal tumors (MST) are a rare subtype of sex-cord stromal tumors. We are presenting a case of a MST arising in a patient with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and concurrent colonic adenocarcinoma. During the patient's workup of an ampullary adenoma associated with her FAP, she was found to have an enlarged uterus with a thickened endometrium and an incidental pelvic mass on the fundus of the uterus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To compare the demographic and clinical characteristics between women who chose elective repeat Caesarean section (ERCS) versus trial of labour after Caesarean section (TOLAC) in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (NL).
Methods: We conducted a retrospective case control study of women with live singleton gestations delivering at term in St.