Diagnosis and resection of a giant ovarian cyst presenting in a young patient with contralateral back pain and lower limb deep vein thrombosis.

We present a case of a giant ovarian cyst in a 20-year-old woman who presented atypically at our Emergency Department with left-sided back pain followed by acute left leg swelling. Blood tests showed significantly raised C-Reactive Protein and D-Dimer. CT-Abdomen-Pelvis demonstrated a large mass in the region of the right ovary with suspicious heterogeneous filling defects in the left external iliac vein, confirmed as a left-sided deep-vein thrombosis on ultrasound Doppler.

Vaginal Intraepithelial Neoplasia: A Retrospective Study of Treatment and Outcomes Among a Cohort of UK Women.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to analyze the clinical features of women found to have vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VaIN), the treatment modalities that they were offered, and clinical outcomes after treatment and follow-up.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective review of all cases of biopsy-proven or treated VaIN occurring for a 15-year period at Southend University Hospital, United Kingdom.

Results: Eighty-eight cases of VaIN were identified.

Diagnostic accuracy of haptoglobin within ovarian cyst fluid as a potential point-of-care test for epithelial ovarian cancer: an observational study.

Objective: To investigate haptoglobin within ovarian cyst fluid (OCF) as a diagnostic biomarker for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and develop an in vitro diagnostic point-of-care device test (IVDPCT) for use in the operating theatre.

Design: Retrospective and prospective cohort study.

Setting: South-East Asia.

Surgical approach to a vulval-pubic cartilaginous cyst: A case report and review of published work.

Cartilaginous cyst of symphysis pubis is rare and to our knowledge 12 cases have been reported in the published work. Although cartilaginous cysts of the vulva and pubis are likely to present to a gynecologist as a vulval-pubic mass, their diagnosis and management warrants a multidisciplinary team approach because of their rarity and anatomical location. Non-invasive diagnosis includes magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound scan, while the invasive preoperative biopsy is reserved for cases with a high index of suspicion of malignancy.

Symptoms and risk factors of ovarian cancer: a survey in primary care.

In spite of the increased awareness of ovarian cancer symptoms, the predictive value of symptoms remains very low. The aim of this paper is to obtain the views of general practitioners (GPs) in relation to symptom-based detection of ovarian cancer and to assess their knowledge for family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer as a predisposing factor for ovarian cancer. In this questionnaire survey, postal questionnaires were sent to 402 GPs in 132 primary care clinics, out of which we obtained 110 replies (27.