Giant primary vaginal tubulovillous adenoma: A case report and review of literature.

Primary adenomas are common in the gastrointestinal tract but exceedingly rare on the periurethral surface and vagina. The pathogenesis remains unknown but vaginal adenomas are hypothesized to arise from vaginal adenosis or embryonic cloacal remnants and possess malignant potential. We present a case of a large primary vaginal tubulovillous adenoma in an eighty-one-year-old, likely diethylstilbestrol naïve patient.

Long-term outcomes after cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC for morcellated uterine leiomyosarcoma; A case series.

Uterine leiomyosarcoma (uLMS) is a rare aggressive malignant mesenchymal tumor with high risk of recurrence and poor prognosis regardless of stage. It is often diagnosed postoperatively following myomectomy, hysterectomy or supracervical hysterectomy for presumed benign disease. Primary surgery at the diagnosis of uLMS is considered to affect outcomes.

Management of recurrent granulosa cell tumor of the ovary: Contemporary literature review and a proposal of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy as novel therapeutic option.

Granulosa cell tumors of the ovary (GCT) are the most common type of sex cord stromal tumors. Although most of patients are diagnosed at early stage and has favorable 5-year overall survival rate, 16-23% of GCT ultimately develop recurrent disease. Recurrences are characterized by disseminated peritoneal metastasis.

Rabies, readiness, and role 1 medical care.

As medics and doctors prepare for deployment to a combat zone, there are countless specified and implied tasks needed to prepare the medical support of an Infantry unit in theater. Appropriately, units spend the lion share of their efforts in trauma training and medical readiness (vaccinations, medication prescriptions, eye glasses, etc.) while ensuring that the sets, kits, and outfits are all fully stocked with the required items needed to execute the mission.

Diffuse laminar endocervical glandular hyperplasia: a case report.

Background: Diffuse laminar endocervical glandular hyperplasia is extremely rare with only 14 cases reported in the literature. Diffuse laminar endocervical glandular hyperplasia is a benign lesion that is easily confused with malignancy.

Case Report: We present a 22-year-old woman referred to our gynecologic oncology service with a 2.

Overexpression of folate binding protein and mesothelin are associated with uterine serous carcinoma.

Purpose: Folate receptor alpha (FOLR1) is a membrane bound receptor involved in the transport of folate as well as other regulatory cellular processes. The purpose of this study was to examine the expression of FOLR1 in uterine cancers and to identify changes in gene expression that are associated with overexpression of FOLR1.

Experimental Design: Fifty-eight frozen uterine cancer specimens were stained for FOLR1 using immunohistochemistry and results were correlated with transcript expression noted on quantitative PCR.

Gynecologic malignancies in women aged less than 25 years.

Objective: To describe the epidemiologic characteristics of gynecologic malignancies in patients 25 years of age or younger.

Methods: The Automated Central Tumor Registry (ACTUR), the cancer registry for the Department of Defense, was used to identify children, adolescents, and young adults diagnosed with gynecologic malignancies. Specifically, primary ovarian, uterine, cervical, vaginal, and vulvar malignancies diagnosed between 1990 and 2002 were included in the analysis.

Novel techniques to improve split-thickness skin graft viability during vulvo-vaginal reconstruction.

Background: Split-thickness skin grafts are often utilized for vulvo-vaginal reconstruction. Unfortunately, infection and sloughing may occur in up to 22% of patients with standard techniques especially at irradiated recipient sites.

Cases: We report seven cases of vulvo-vaginal reconstruction using split-thickness skin grafts.

Prognosis and recurrence risk for patients with cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions diagnosed during pregnancy.

Background: In the current study, the authors sought to examine the prognosis and recurrence risk for patients with cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions (SILs) diagnosed during pregnancy.

Methods: A retrospective review of all women who gave birth at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (Washington, DC) or the National Naval Medical Center (Bethesda, MD) between 1986 and 1997 was performed. One hundred fifty-seven patients with SILs who underwent antepartum and postpartum evaluation were identified from a total of 6248 records of birth at these two institutions.