[Clear cell carcinoma of the endometrium confined to atrophic endometrial polyp--case report].

Clear cell carcinoma is a rare form of endometrial carcinoma inline type II estrogen-independent. It accounts for only 1% to 5.5% of all endometrial carcinomas.

Ascites, high CA-125 and chronic pelvic pain in an unusual clinical manifestation of Enterobius vermicularis ovarian and sigmoid colon granuloma.

We present a case of a 36-year-old Caucasian woman with ascites, elevated CA-125, an enlarged left ovary and chronic pelvic pain who underwent an unnecessary surgical intervention because of suspected malignant disease. During the operation ovarian and sigmoid colon granulomatous tumors caused by Enterobius vermicularis infestation were revealed. In this case, the presence of Enterobius vermicularis ova in the abdominal cavity appears to have caused a sufficient reaction to produce symptoms and signs of malignancy leading to surgical intervention.

[Transvaginal sclerosing therapy of cystic ovarian lesions with alcohol].

Aim: Description of puncture technique for conservative treatment of cystic ovarian lesions.

Method: The cyst should be unilocular, sonolucent, with a smooth inner wall of the capsule, without septa and neovascularisation on transvaginal colour Doppler. Serum CA-125 levels must be lower than 35 U/ml.

Serum CA-125 tumor marker in endometrial adenocarcinoma.

One hundred and seventy-four patients, mean age 61.23 +/- 9.41 years old, with irregular perimenopausal haemorrhage were included in the study.

Adnexal masses in pregnancy: a review of eight cases undergoing surgical management.

Objective: Our purpose was to determine maternal and foetal outcome in patients undergoing surgery for a pelvic mass in pregnancy.

Study Design: Maternal and foetal records (outcomes) of eight cases of adnexal masses associated with intrauterine pregnancy that required laparotomy or aspiration or that were diagnosed incidentally at the time of caesarean section were reviewed. The review was performed on patients who were seen with an adnexal mass in pregnancy from January 1994 to February 2001.

Ultrasonic fetal and placental tissue characterization and lung maturity.

Objective: To determine a relationship between gestational age and the quantitative assessment of ultrasonic signs of placental tissue, fetal lung and liver tissue for determining fetal lung maturity in normal pregnancies and pregnancies with preeclampsia.

Methods: Placental, fetal lung and fetal liver tissue was examined by ultrasound in 240 normal and 60 preeclamptic pregnancies at 30-41 weeks' gestation. All patients underwent ultrasonically guided amniocentesis to obtain the lecithin-sphingomyelin ratio.