[Conditions mimicking polymyalgia rheumatica].

Objective: To examine the main clinical and laboratory data of patients initially diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), which then developed another conditions.

Material And Methods: We reviewed the clinical records of patients diagnosed with PMR in three hospitals in Argentina. Patients had a diagnosis of PMR if they met the following criteria: age ≥ 50 years, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) at the time of diagnosis > 40 mm, persistent pain and stiffness of at least one month of evolution in two of the following areas: neck, shoulders or proximal arms, hips or proximal lower limbs.

[Comparison of the ThinPrep monolayer technique and conventional cervical Pap smears in a high-risk population using the Munich II nomenclature].

Objective: In this prospective study using the Munich II nomenclature for cervical cytology. Pap smear results obtained by the ThinPrep monolayer technique and those obtained by the conventional method were compared.

Methods: Pap smears were obtained from 1,000 women using an Ayre spatula/endocervical brush combination.

Prevalence of human papilloma virus infection in women in rural Ethiopia.

In Ethiopia cervical carcinoma is the most frequent cancer in women. HPV infection is a prerequisite for this disease. However, to date there have been no data on human papilloma virus (HPV) prevalence in Ethiopia.

Morphometric analyses of endometriotic tissues to determine their grade of activity.

The last revised classification of endometriosis of the American Fertility Society takes the extension of endometriotic lesions and the three macroscopic appearances of this disease into consideration. The aim of this study was to determine whether morphometric analyses are able to describe the grade of activity of endometriotic lesions according to their macroscopic-morphological appearances. Endometriotic samples of 45 patients were analyzed morphometrically using a semiautomatical planimeter.

Prospective randomized study comparing the GnRH-agonist leuprorelin acetate and the gestagen lynestrenol in the treatment of severe endometriosis.

Endometriosis is thought to be an ovarian-dependent benign disease that affects up to 12% of women during their reproductive life. For the past ten years the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-agonists have been proved effective and safe drugs in the treatment of endometriosis. Nevertheless, gestagens such as lynestrenol still remain the most often used hormonal drugs for the treatment of this disease.