Prenatal detection of congenital bilateral cataract leading to the diagnosis of Nance-Horan syndrome in the extended family.

Objectives: To describe a family in which it was possible to perform prenatal diagnosis of Nance-Horan Syndrome (NHS).

Methods: The fetus was evaluated by 2nd trimester ultrasound. The family underwent genetic counseling and ophthalmologic evaluation.

Sonographic appearance of the uterine cavity following administration of mifepristone and misoprostol for termination of pregnancy.

Purpose: To describe the sonographic appearance of the uterine cavity in women after administration of mifepristone and misoprostol for termination of pregnancy.

Methods: Thirty-six women treated with mifepristone 600 mg followed by misoprostol 400 mug 2 days later for termination of pregnancy were the subjects of the study. Gestational age as calculated from the last menstrual period was < or =49 days.

Uterine sarcomas versus leiomyomas: gray-scale and Doppler sonographic findings.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate the contribution of gray-scale sonography and Doppler flow studies in differentiating between uterine sarcomas of different histologic types and leiomyomas.

Patients And Methods: The study included 111 patients, divided retrospectively into 2 groups: 98 patients with leiomyomas and 13 with postoperative diagnosis of uterine sarcoma. This latter group was further divided into a group of 6 patients with uterine leiomyosarcoma and 7 with malignant mixed mesodermal tumor.

An automatic approach for morphological analysis and malignancy evaluation of ovarian masses using B-scans.

Ovarian masses are a common phenomenon among women of all ages. The importance of prompt diagnosis of ovarian malignancies is obvious, due to the high mortality rate and the difficulty to detect a tumor in its early stages. In this work, an automatic technique for quantitative analysis and malignancy detection of ovarian masses using B-scan ultrasound (US) images is presented.

Recurrent endometrial polyps in postmenopausal breast cancer patients on tamoxifen.

Objectives: Endometrial polyps are the most common endometrial pathology described in association with postmenopausal tamoxifen exposure, with an incidence of up to 10.7% of malignancy. Some women tend to develop recurrent polyps.

Simple ovarian cysts in postmenopausal patients with breast carcinoma treated with tamoxifen: long-term follow-up.

Purpose: To assess the long-term natural history of simple ovarian cysts diagnosed in postmenopausal patients with breast carcinoma treated with tamoxifen citrate.

Materials And Methods: Of 332 postmenopausal women with breast cancer who were treated with tamoxifen, 32 (9.6%) had simple ovarian cysts.

Evaluating the risk of tuberous sclerosis in cases with prenatal diagnosis of cardiac rhabdomyoma.

Objective: To evaluate the prenatal parameters that increase the risk of tuberous sclerosis in prenatal management of fetal cardiac tumors suspected as rhabdomyoma.

Methods: The study was a retrospective survey of 18 documented cases in which cardiac rhabdomyoma was suspected during pregnancy. The following parameters were evaluated as possible risk factors associated with tuberous sclerosis: tumor size, isolated or multiple, and family history of tuberous sclerosis.