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Pac Symp Biocomput
December 2024
Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37203, USA.
Uterine leiomyomata, or fibroids, are common gynecological tumors causing pelvic and menstrual symptoms that can negatively affect quality of life and child-bearing desires. As fibroids grow, symptoms can intensify and lead to invasive treatments that are less likely to preserve fertility. Identifying individuals at highest risk for fibroids can aid in access to earlier diagnoses.
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September 2024
Department of Persian Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
J Emerg Med
December 2024
The Robert Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Department of Emergency Medicine, Burlington, VT.
Background: Quantitative and qualitative human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) tests are obtained in the emergency department (ED) to determine if a female of child-bearing age is pregnant. A positive hCG result is commonly assumed to indicate an intrauterine or other form of pregnancy. However, elevated hCG levels can also result from various other conditions, such as ovarian tumors, pituitary tumors, and thyroid disorders.
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May 2024
Tu Du Clinical Research Unit (TD-CRU), Tu Du Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam; Department of High-risk Pregnancy, Tu Du Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Electronic address:
Introduction And Importance: Abdominal ectopic pregnancy (AEP) located at hepatic region and pelvic-wall ectopic pregnancy (EP) are rare entities, that provoking a potentially life-threatening condition. Due to insufficient data, a proper management of non-specific types remains a challenge for all gynecologists worldwide.
Case Presentation: Two child-bearing age women were hospitalized due to delayed menstruation and a urine pregnancy test was positive without a determination of intrauterine pregnancy.
Gynecol Oncol
February 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCCS San Raffaele, Milan, Italy.
Background: Malignant ovarian germ cell tumors usually occur in young women. The standard of care is fertility sparing surgery and comprehensive surgical staging followed by adjuvant chemotherapy with BEP (bleomycin, etoposide, cisplatin) if needed. The aim of this study was to analyze the reproductive outcomes after conservative treatment in patients diagnosed, treated and followed up in MITO (Multicenter Italian Trials in Ovarian Cancer) centers.
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