Mature cystic ovarian teratoma with squamous cell carcinoma transformation: a case report and literature review.

Objectives: Cancerous transformation in mature cystic ovarian teratoma is rare. Herein, we reported a case of squamous cell carcinoma transformation in mature cystic ovarian teratoma and performed an in-depth literature review to highlight the risk factors, prognosis, and suggested treatment for these patients.

Case Presentation: We report a 66-years old postmenopausal woman diagnosed with a 120×90 (mm) mass at the left adnexa compatible with mature cystic ovarian teratoma.

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Gestational Diabetes in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Background: Gestational Diabetes (GD) is one of the major public health issues. The purpose of the present study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the risk factors and prevalence rate of this disorder in Iran.

Methods: This systematic review and meta- analysis article was prepared using the databases of Science Direct, Pub-Med, Scopus, Magiran, Iranmedex and SID, Google search engine, Gray Literature, reference lists check and hand searching using keywords such as "prevalence", "gestational diabetes mellitus", "GDM", "risk factor*", "Iran" and "Postpartum Diabetes".

Psychosocial Factors Associated with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: a Case Control Study.

Introduction: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a disorder in women of reproductive age. Psychosocial factors can play a role in PCOS.

Methods: To determine the psychosocial factors associated with PCOS in a case control study, 742 PCOS cases were compared to 798 women without PCOS for psychiatric disorders and social conditions.

Fertility sparing treatment in young patients with early endometrial adenocarcinoma: case series.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate fertility-sparing therapy in young patients with endometrial carcinoma.

Methodology: This prospective study was carried out on 8 patients with clinical and radio-graphic stage IA, well differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium in Alzahra hospital, Tabriz, Iran. Treatment comprised high-dose megestrol acetate.

HPV typing in women with cervical precancerous and cancerous lesions in northwestern Iran.

Background/aims: The role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the etiology of cervical cancer is now well established. This investigation was designed to study the prevalence of the four most common high-risk HPVs in the archival tissues with precancerous and cancerous lesions from patients from northwestern Iran.

Methods: 133 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue specimens were tested for HPV DNA by using GP5+/6+-based general PCR and two type-specific PCRs.

The risk of menstrual abnormalities after tubal sterilization: a case control study.

BACKGROUND: Tubal sterilization is the method of family planning most commonly used. The existence of the post-tubal-ligation syndrome of menstrual abnormalities has been the subject of debate for decades. METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, 112 women with the history of Pomeroy type of tubal ligation achieved by minilaparatomy as the case group and 288 women with no previous tubal ligation as the control group were assessed for menstrual abnormalities.