Endometrial carcinoma; pattern of spread and end result of treatment [49 cases]

Forty-nine patients of endometrial carcinoma treated at NCI, Cairo University [1994 - 1996] were included in this study. The study aimed to detect the presenting symptoms and the operative and the postoperative pathological findings to evaluate the different risk factors in relation to pattern of spread of the tumor and the relation between this pattern and the methods of treatment and the end results of this treatment. Mean age of the patients was 56 years. Vaginal bleeding [in all cases] is a presenting symptom. Total incidence of lymph node metastases was 10.02%, all in internal iliac group, cervix invasion 12.24 and vaginal cuff 4.08%. Postoperative radiotherapy was used to high risk patients [48.97%] with morbidity 2.04%. Development of local recurrence was 8.16%, vaginal stump 6.12% and pelvic nodes 2.04%

Deformity in rheumatoid arthritis- an epidemiological study

The records of 1169 rheumatoid arthritis [RA] patients were reviewed to try to find out the pattern of deformities among Egyptian patients and also to assess the role of some patient's and disease characteristics in their development. We have noticed that the commonest type of deformities were that of hands and wrists [31.4 percent], followed by deformities of elbows and shoulders [23.9 percent and 13.9 percent respectively]. Study of the simultaneous effect of different factors, by logistic regression analysis, on deformities development in RA, revealed that the factors which have the most significant effect are in order, the articular index score, the duration of illness and the age of the patient

Effect of low calorific diet on blood pressure blood glucose and lipids levels

Sixty seven obese middle age females [Quetelet index grade 2 and 3] were kept on a low caloric diet for 3 months. their weight and height, blood pressure [B.P.], 2-hourse post-glucose, blood glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides and high density lipoproteins [H.D.L.] levels were recorded at the start and after 3 months. The systolic and diastolic B.P. the blood glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides levels showed a decrease after 3 months of about 9.5%, 10.8%, 15.4% and 25.9% respectively. The H.D.L., however showed an increase of about 17.3%. a strong correlation was noticed between the amount of kilogramms [kg] lost and the changes in the studied parameters. Also the coefficient of determination [R2] revealed that variations in the studied parameters can be explained to a great extent by its regression on the amount of kg lost