Sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary: a case report.

A case of a rarely occurring ovarian tumor, sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary, in an 11-year-old girl treated laparoscopically is described.

Tubo-ovarian abscess in a sexually inactive adolescent patient.

Tubo-ovarian abscess as a complication of acute salpingitis or salpingo-oophoritis is very uncommon in pre-menarchal and/or sexually inactive girls. It is generally the result of a blood-borne or genitourinary infection. Early diagnosis and treatment are essential to prevent future sequelae causing infertility.

MR rectography evaluation of rectoceles with oral gadopentetate dimeglumine and polyethylene glycol solution.

Background: We assessed the value of magnetic resonance (MR) rectography in diagnosing rectocele by using a combination of oral gadopentetate dimeglumine and polyethylene glycol solutions.

Methods: T1-weighted, breath-hold, fast low-angle shot sequences were made in 22 patients in resting and straining states in the supine position before and after administration of oral paramagnetic contrast. Twelve patients received polyethylene glycol solution in addition to contrast, and 10 received contrast only.

Atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance. Clinical experience in a Turkish university hospital.

Objective: To assess the significance of atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS) in predicting the presence of underlying squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL) of the uterine cervix, and to determine the best follow-up method for these patients.

Study Design: We reviewed 76 cases with cervical smears that had been labeled ASCUS over a 41-month period, 64 of which were also examined colposcopically.

Results: The 76 reported ASCUS cases represented 1.

Non-invasive early prenatal diagnosis using fluorescent in situ hybridization on transcervical cells: comparison of two different methods for retrieval.

Objective: We compared the efficiencies of uterine and endocervical lavage to retrieve fetal cells from first trimester pregnancies for further analysis with fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH).

Study Design: Transcervical cell (TCC) samples were collected at 7-10 weeks of gestations by uterine lavage (13 women) and by endocervical lavage (12 women) who were scheduled for volunteer termination of pregnancy. A sample of placenta was also obtained for cytogenetic analysis to confirm the sex or genotype in the end of the procedure.