Advances in assisted reproductive technologies have enabled postmenopausal women to achieve pregnancy beyond their reproductive lifespan. Although rare, these pregnancies are challenging and require a multidisciplinary approach due to the higher prevalence of medical comorbidities in this population. The placenta accreta spectrum is characterized by an abnormal invasion of chorionic villi into the myometrium.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Studies suggest that surgical breast augmentation with implants is a risk factor for breast desmoid tumors. The statistical strength of this correlation is unknown, as evidence is limited to anecdotal reports.
Methods: Patients with breast desmoid tumors and a history of breast implants seen at a single center between 2000 and 2021 were identified via radiology, breast, and sarcoma databases.
Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common gynecologic cancer diagnosed in developed countries and represents the second most frequent gynecologic cancer-related cause of death following ovarian cancer. There are 2 subtypes of EC. Type I tumors (endometrioid adenocarcinoma) representing 85-90% of the cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J STD AIDS
September 2020
Condylomata acuminata (genital warts) have been identified in transgender women after gender affirmation surgery. We describe a case of a 57-year-old transgender woman with biopsy-proven neovaginal condylomata acuminata following gender-affirmation vaginoplasty using the penile skin inversion technique. The patient was successfully treated with trichloroacetic acid.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF