Young coconut juice can accelerate the healing process of cutaneous wounds.

Background: Estrogen has been reported to accelerate cutaneous wound healing. This research studies the effect of young coconut juice (YCJ), presumably containing estrogen-like substances, on cutaneous wound healing in ovairectomized rats.

Methods: Four groups of female rats (6 in each group) were included in this study.

Androgen-producing adrenocortical carcinoma: report of 3 cases with different clinical presentations.

Adrenocortical carcinoma is extremely rare in children. The majority of cases presented with a combination of clinical features of Cushing syndrome and hyperandrogenism. The authors report three cases of isolated androgen-producing adrenocortical carcinoma with different clinical presentations.