ABSTRACT
Treatment of breast hypoplasya or hypomastia requires a breast augmentation surgery using implants. The request for surgery remains always a voluntary step of each patient. Beyond the aesthetic improvement that this intervention offers, the psychological repercussion is generally beneficial. However, these implants have side effects and insufficiencies compared to the natural breast. These facts must be perfectly explained to the women who want the breast implants. Let us quote in particular the risk of hematoma or periprosthetic hull which counts among the most serious complications of this type of intervention and which requires an immediate surgical recovery. The aerolar approach to augmentation mammaplasty by implants is an interesting technique in breast augmentation. We report the case of a 36 years old patient who present a breast hypomastia and who profited from this technique
ABSTRACT
Aqueous extract of winter cherry [Physalis alkekengi L; family of Solanaceae] fruits [WCF] has long been recommended for fertility control by herbalists in Iran. The effect of this extract on lowering serum progesterone levels has been reported previously. To study the effects of WCF extract on the activities of ovarian 3 [3-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase [3beta-HSD] responsible for the synthesis of progesterone and 20 alpha-HSD responsible for its degradation in rats. One ml aliquots of the aqueous extract of WCF [containing 400 mg of dried extract] were intraperitoneally injected for 8 consecutive days to rats from day 8 of pregnancy. Rats were then sacrificed 21 days and 11 hours after the day of observing sperm positive vaginal smears. Blood was collected for the determination of serum progesterone and the total and the live numbers of embryos were counted. Ovaries were also used for the measurement of the activities of 3beta- and 20 alpha -HSD. The extract of WCF decreased the ovarian 3beta-HSD specific activity by 47%, serum progesterone concentration by 30% and the number of live embryos by 67%, but it had no effect on the specific activity of ovarian 20alpha-HSD. The aqueous extract of WCF, containing steroidal compounds with known estrogen antagonistic properties, probably interferes with the function of estradiol in inducing ovarian 3beta-HSD synthesis. It may also contain components which inhibit this enzyme, thus reducing progesterone synthesis that is required for maintaining pregnancy. Such natural compounds, if purified, might be beneficial for control of fertility