Pure Uterine Lipoma with a Combined Mucinous Cystic and Brenner Ovarian Tumor in a Postmenopausal Woman: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Lipomatous tumors are rare among uterine mesenchymal tumors. Due to their rarity, information on the clinical development and histological origin are lacking. We report a pure uterine lipoma and present a review of the relevant literature.

Spinal cord infarction following epidural and general anesthesia: a case report.

Background: Epidural anesthesia is widely used for postoperative analgesia and rarely causes permanent neurological complications. We report a case of paraplegia following abdominal surgery under combined epidural/general anesthesia.

Case Presentation: A 75-year-old woman underwent a scheduled abdominal total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy for suspected endometrial cancer.

High-dose oral tegafur-uracil maintenance therapy in patients with uterine cervical cancer.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy and toxicity of oral administration of tegafur-uracil (UFT) at a high dose, 600 mg/day, based on the tegafur dose, against uterine cervical cancer.

Methods: This study consisted of a retrospective analysis. From April 1986 to March 1997, 309 patients with uterine cervical cancer were registered.

Case of concurrent benign metastasizing leiomyoma in the lung and retroperitoneum, with a focus on its etiology.

We report a rare, simultaneous occurrence of benign metastasizing leiomyoma in the lung and retroperitoneum in a 49-year-old woman who had previously undergone myomectomy at 35 years of age and hysterectomy at 45 years of age for multiple recurrences of histologically benign uterine leiomyomas. At 49 years of age, computed tomography-guided biopsy indicated benign metastasizing leiomyomas in the lung. In addition, a retroperitoneal leiomyoma was found that was resected along with both the ovaries via laparotomy.

Muir-Torre syndrome associated with endometrial carcinoma.

Muir-Torre syndrome (MTS) is an autosomaldominant skin condition of genetic origin, characterized by tumors of the sebaceous glands or keratoacanthomas that are associated with malignant visceral diseases. MTS associated with gynecologic malignancy has rarely been reported. Here we report a woman with no family history of colorectal cancer who developed endometrial carcinoma, stage 3a, at 49 years of age and at age 51 years, developed two skin tumors, a nasal squamous cell carcinoma and a sebaceous carcinoma of the right eyelid.

[Successful treatment of primary peritoneal carcinoma with paclitaxel and carboplatin combination chemotherapy].

Background: A standard treatment for primary peritoneal carcinoma has not been established to date. We report three patients with primary peritoneal carcinoma who were successfully treated with paclitaxel and carboplatin combination chemotherapy.

Case: Three patients, 66-, 73-, and 71-year-old women who presented with abdominal swelling, were referred to our hospital.

Poor nutrition in prepubertal Japanese children at the end of World War II suppressed bone development.

Objective: To assess the extent to which malnutrition in childhood affects bone mineral density (BMD) decades later.

Methods: BMDs were compared in healthy women (35-59 years old) who visited our hospital for annual examinations between 1992 and 1993 (group 1) and between 1999 and 2002 (group 2).

Results: The BMDs of 50- to 54-year-old women in group 1 averaged 0.

[Successful treatment of endometrial carcinoma associated with lung metastasis by paclitaxel and carboplatin chemotherapy].

Background: Prognosis of patients with advanced endometrial cancer accompanied by distant metastases is poor. Moreover, there is no established therapy for this cancer.

Case: We treated a 32-year-old woman with endometrial cancer with multiple lung metastases (pT4N0M1).

Unilateral ovarian abscess caused by Salmonella.

Background: Patients with unilateral ovarian abscesses due to Salmonella are rare.

Case Report: A 48-year-old woman with a left ovarian abscess caused by Salmonella group 07 is reported.

Conclusion: In our patient, the ovary may have been seeded hematogenously by salmonellae and may have evolved into a local infection.

Tubo-ovarian abscess occurring 16 years after supracervical hysterectomy.

Background: Supracervical hysterectomy is seldom performed and there are few reports of tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) after supracervical hysterectomy.

Case: The case of a 49-year-old woman with a right TOA is reported. This patient had received a supracervical hysterectomy 16 years earlier due to rupture of the uterus.