[A woman with an increasing belly size in spite of diet].

A 44-year old women presented with a increasing abdomen and mild pain since several months. In surgery a cystic fibrothecoma of the ovary of 10 kg was removed. Fibrothecoma's are rare benign tumours of the ovaries.

Pap smear screening history of women with squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the cervix.

Background: Since the introduction of the Pap smear screening, the incidence of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) has decreased significantly, but the incidence of adenocarcinoma (AC) relative to SCC has increased.

Aim: To compare the Pap smear history of patients with AC and SCC of the cervix.

Methods: Patients for the study were identified from the database of Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer.