Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the vagina in children

A study of seven patients of Rhabdomyosarcoma of the vagina who were treated in the Medical City Hospital for the period 1978-1986 is presented. The management consisted of surgical extirpation with adjuvant chemotherapy used before or after surgery. The results of this treatment support previous publications when such modality is used. It is realized that this mode of treatment obviates the need for extensive surgery and improves survival

Total serum estriol in normal and hypertensive pregnant Iraqi women

Total serum [free and conjugated] estriol in normal and hypertensive pregnant Iraqi women during the third trimester, was studied using radioimmunoassay. A uniform rise in total serum estriol level was found in normal pregnancy until term. Low estriol values were found in fetal growth retardation of hypertensive pregnancies and other fetal jeopardy