Well-Differentiated Liposarcoma That Increased in Size after Menopause: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature.

This study reports a case of uterine liposarcoma together with a literature review. At 52 years old, our patient was diagnosed with lipoleiomyoma by MRI. A mass (39 × 32 × 41 mm) protruding from the anterior wall of the uterine body was observed.

Clinical Diagnosis of Toxoplasmosis via Histopathological and Antibody Examination of Five Immunocompetent Patients at Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, 2008 to 2015.

Congenital toxoplasmosis, commonly known as TORCH, is a well-known syndrome, but even experienced obstetricians rarely encounter it. In Japan, there is good overall hygiene and raw or wild game meats are not eaten; therefore, the prevalence of infection and the antibody positivity rates have been low. This low prevalence rate also relates to the fact that infections are rarely observed in immunocompetent hosts.

A Large Pure Uterine Lipoma: Its Diagnosis by Pelvic MRI and Histopathology.

The patient is a 74-year-old female previously diagnosed with an ovarian tumor at age 55. No changes were noted for one year; however, she was lost to follow-up. Eighteen years later, she presented to a local clinic complaining of diffuse abdominal and flank pain.

Linear Response Theory for One-Point Statistics in the Inertial Sublayer of Wall-Bounded Turbulence.

The idea of linear response theory well known in the statistical mechanics for thermal equilibrium systems is applied to one-point statistics in the inertial sublayer of wall-bounded turbulence (WBT). A close analogy between the energy transfer from large to small scales in isotropic turbulence and the momentum transfer in the wall normal direction in WBT plays a key role in the application. The application gives estimates of the influence of the finite Reynolds number on the statistics.

Successful reduction of acute puerperal uterine inversion with the use of a bakri postpartum balloon.

Uterine inversion is a state wherein the endometrial surface is inverted. Although this condition may be observed in nonpregnant women, it most commonly develops at the time of delivery. In the present case, a 37-year-old woman without any remarkable history developed acute puerperal uterine inversion after the successful induction of labor.

Successful management of a cesarean scar defect with dehiscence of the uterine incision by using wound lavage.

Cesarean scar defects (CSDs) that can be visualized using transvaginal ultrasonography (TVUS) may cause prolonged menstruation, irregular genital bleeding, and secondary infertility; surgical repair is sometimes necessary. We present a case of CSD, with dehiscence of the uterine incision, which was managed using wound lavage. A 38-year-old woman (gravida 4, para 4) had delivered her third and fourth children by cesarean section.

Vaginal infection with Ureaplasma urealyticum accounts for preterm delivery via induction of inflammatory responses.

U. urealyticum, a member of the family Mycoplasmataceae, is often detected in the vagina of pregnant women. In this study, the possible association of ureaplasmal infection with preterm delivery was examined, as was the capacity of ureaplasmal LP to stimulate monocytes in vitro to produce pro-inflammatory cytokines relevant to preterm delivery.

Bone morphogenetic protein-2 counterregulates interleukin-18 mRNA and protein in MC3T3-E1 mouse osteoblastic cells.

Fibroblast growth factors-2 (FGF-2) and bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) are two of the main factors that regulate differentiation of osteoblasts. Interleukin-18 (IL-18), originally cloned as an interferon gamma-inducing factor, has been reported to inhibit maturation of osteoclasts by upregulation of osteoprotegerin secreted from osteoblasts. Little is known about the functional relationship between IL-18 and the two growth factors in osteoblast differentiation.

Protection against bleomycin-induced lung injury by IL-18 in mice.

The role of interleukin (IL)-18 in the protection from interstitial pneumonia and pulmonary fibrosis induced by bleomycin (BLM) was investigated by comparing the severity of BLM-induced lung injuries between wild-type and C57BL/6 mice with a targeted knockout mutation of the IL-18 gene (IL-18-/- mice). IL-18-/- mice showed much worse lung injuries than wild-type mice, as assessed by the survival rate, histological images, and leukocyte infiltration in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and myeloperoxidase activity. In wild-type mice, administration of IL-18 before BLM instillation resulted in suppression of lung injuries, increases in the hydroxyproline content, and decreases in the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor content in the lung.

Mean wind in convective turbulence of mercury.

The large-scale circulation, often called "wind," in the confined thermal turbulence of mercury is studied experimentally. The instantaneous velocity profile at 128 points is directly measured using ultrasonic velocimetry. The periodic velocity oscillation is observed in the case of the aspect-ratio Gamma = 1,2 but not in Gamma = 0.

Instantaneous measurement of velocity fields in developed thermal turbulence in mercury.

Using ultrasonic velocimetry we measured the vertical profile of the velocity fluctuation in high-Rayleigh-number thermal convection in a cell with aspect ratio of 0.5, filled with a low-Prandtl-number fluid, mercury. The intriguing fluctuating dynamics of the mean flow and universal nature of the kinetic energy cascade are elucidated utilizing spectral decomposition and reconstruction.

Similarity scaling of pressure fluctuation in turbulence.

Pressure fluctuation was measured in a turbulent jet using a condenser microphone and piezoresistive transducer. The power-law exponent and proportional constant of normalized pressure spectrum are discussed from the standpoint of Kolmogorov universal scaling. The clear power law with scaling exponent close to -7/3 was confirmed in the range of 600 View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Isolation and characterization of a human sperm antigen gene h-Sp-1.

We isolated and characterized a human sperm antigen gene (h-Sp-1) from human testis complementary DNA using antiserum against the human sperm membrane. Northern blot analysis detected two transcripts (2.3 and 1.

IL-18 is present at the maternal-fetal interface and enhances cytotoxic activity of decidual lymphocytes.

Problem: Perforin expressing uterine natural killer (uNK) cells are under complex cytokine influence. The aim of the study was to investigate the presence and role of interleukin (IL)-18 on NK cytolytic potential at maternal-fetal (M-F) interface.

Method Of Study: Peripheral blood cells and decidual tissue were obtained from elective pregnancy termination of normal human 6-10-week-old pregnancies.

Case of PSTT treated with chemotherapy followed by open uterine tumor resection to preserve fertility.

Background: Placental site trophoblastic tumor (PSTT) is a rare variant of gestational trophoblastic malignancy, usually seen in young women with a 20% fatality rate. The hysterectomy is general for PSTT, but hysterectomy is undesirable for patients who wish to remain fertile. Recent advancement of chemotherapy and tumor detection and assessment technologies should allow removal of tumor from the uterus by conservative surgery, without losing fertility, although very few cases have been reported to date.

Possible correlation between high levels of IL-18 in the cord blood of pre-term infants and neonatal development of periventricular leukomalacia and cerebral palsy.

Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) is a neonatal white matter damage of the brain of pre-term infants that often leads to cerebral palsy (CP). At present, diagnosis of PVL can be done by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonography only when the infant is at least one week of age. No biochemical methods are available to identify high-risk infants at birth.