[Role of sonography in the evaluation of parotid gland in HIV+ children undergone highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)].

Purpose: To evaluate the role of sonography (US) in the evaluation of parotid gland alterations in HIV+ children, in order to show their presence, severity, specificity, relationship with clinical and laboratory data and sensitivity to new drugs.

Material And Methods: From June 2000 to December 2000 twenty-two consecutive HIV+ children (12 males and 10 females, mean age 9.7) undergoing HAART were prospectively examined with US.

[Role of color Doppler echography in the visualization of perianal fistulae with injections of physiologic solutions].

Purpose: To prove the diagnostic value of color Doppler US in the evaluation of perianal external fistulae, using an endocavitary probe and a saline solution injection, in order to show the location of the fistulae, their extension, possible secondary tracts, residual abscesses and the relationship with adjacent tissues.

Material And Methods: From October 1999 to December 1999, thirty-five consecutive patients (21 males and 14 females, mean age 47.5) affected with Crohn's disease were examined prospectively.

426 cases of stage I endometrial carcinoma: a clinicopathological analysis.

Between February 1, 1965, and December 31, 1985, 426 patients affected with Stage I adenocarcinoma of the endometrium were submitted to surgery in the Department of Gynecologic Oncology of the Regina Elena Cancer Institute. The value of the present survey is represented by the homogeneous diagnostic data on the basis of which the treatment was planned. Criteria of histological grading and myometrial invasion were always followed, making it possible to carry out a protocol combining surgery with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and/or hormone therapy.