Complications of pelvic lymphadenectomy in patients with endometrial adenocarcinoma.

The complications of surgical treatment in 193 cases of endometrial adenocarcinoma, subdivided into two groups, were analyzed: 58 without lymphadenectomy and 135 with systematic pelvic lymphadenectomy before total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy with vaginal cuff. The only significant differences concern the number of patients requiring transfusions and the length of the postoperative stay. It is suggested that lymphadenectomy should always be performed when an abdominal approach is chosen.

Second neoplasm: a complication of cancer treatment.

Two cases of second tumors induced by chemo and/or radiotherapy used in the treatment of gynecological neoplasms, are described. A comparison with data reported in the Literature was performed.

Cytology of malignant mixed mesodermal tumour of the uterus: experience of 10 cases.

The value of cytology as a diagnostic tool in uterine MMMT has been tested in order to reach an earlier diagnosis. From 10 endocervical scrapings we were able to obtain 7 positive smears, two of them diagnostic for mixed tumour at first examination, 1 detected upon revision. In one case the positive smear was obtained from a direct scraping of the neoplasia protruding through the cervical os.

Sclerosing stromal tumour of the ovary. Ultrastructural study.

Two typical cases of sclerosing stromal tumours of the ovary are studied ultrastructurally, and the findings are correlated with the clinical data. One of the cases, with predominantly fibroblastic morphology, was asymptomatic. The second case, rich in cells with steroid-secreting features, had polymenorrhoea disappearing after removal of the tumour.

The development of benthonic phytocoenosis on artificial substrates in the ticino river.

Changes in the taxonomic composition, chlorophyll a concentration, dry weight, percentage organic carbon and nitrogen and several indices of diversity, including "Margalef's index" were followed during the development of phytobenthonic communities on glass slides. These data suggest that, in this environment, the algal community resembles the nearby natural community after 4 weeks. The taxonomic development can be divided into two phases.