ABSTRACT
PIP: The present study was carried out to assess the ovarian structure in cases of primary infertility (PI), and secondary infertility (SI). 40 patients were selected from the infertility clinic of Al Azhar University hospital from those suspected to have ovarian abnormalities with history of amenorrhea or oligomenorrhea or those having enlarged ovaries on pelvic examination. Their ages ranged from 17 to 40 years; their husbands were generally in good health and fertile. 28 were suffering from PI and 12 from SI. Ovarian biopsy was taken in 20 patients by laparoscopic technique and 20 patients by wedge resection. At the same time endometrial biopsy was taken with a specimen of cervical mucus and vaginal cells to detect the presence or absence of ovulation. Evidence of recent ovulation was present in 57.1% of the cases of PI and 50% of the cases of SI. However, the ovarian structure was abnormal in 92.9% of the cases of PI and 83.3% of the cases of SI. Polycystic ovary was present in 71.4% of PI cases and in 58.3% of SI cases and was considered the most common ovarian abnormality in both groups, followed by sclerotic ovary, which was detected in 14.3% of PI cases and no SI cases. Other findings in both groups included tubo-ovarian abscess, ovarian fibroma and a serous cystadenoma.^ieng
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Cervix Mucus , Clinical Laboratory Techniques , Infertility , Laparoscopy , Leiomyoma , Ovarian Cysts , Ovary , Women , Africa , Africa, Northern , Biology , Cervix Uteri , Developing Countries , Diagnosis , Disease , Egypt , Endoscopy , Genitalia , Genitalia, Female , Middle East , Neoplasms , Physical Examination , Physiology , Reproduction , Urogenital System , UterusSubject(s)
Autonomic Nervous System , Blood Pressure , Diabetic Neuropathies/physiopathology , Nervous System Diseases/physiopathology , Pulse , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , PostureABSTRACT
The histological picture of the ventricle of frog's heart exposed to the action of Hycanthone in Ringer's solution in concentration of 1:1 was compared with that of the ventricle of frog's heart exposed to Ringer's solution devoid of the drug and with that of frog's heart exposed to Ringer's solution containing Hycanthone in concentration of 1:1 in addition to a soluble sodium salt of prednisolone hemisuccinate in concentration 1:1. It was found that the structure of the ventricle of the heart exposed to the action of Hycanthone in the presence of the soluble sodium salt of prednisolone hemisuccinate was close in pattern to the structure of the ventricle of the heart exposed to Ringer's solution alone, while the ventricle of the heart exposed to Hycanthone alone in Ringer's solution in concentration of 1:1 was different in that the muscle fibres swollen, the cytoplasm was paler with less marked striations, the nuclei were swollen and paler, the epicardial cells were swollen and the connective tissue pattern was distorted. This denoted that the morphological changes that occurred in response to Hycanthone in the presence of the soluble sodium salt of prednisolone hemisuccinate was less marked than those which occurred in its absence.
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Heart Ventricles/drug effects , Hycanthone/pharmacology , Prednisolone/analogs & derivatives , Thioxanthenes/pharmacology , Animals , Anura , Drug Interactions , Heart Ventricles/cytology , Hycanthone/antagonists & inhibitors , Prednisolone/pharmacologyABSTRACT
The effects of the topical application of Dyphylline in concentrations of 1.0 mg/1.0 ml and 10 mg/1.0 ml Ringer's solution and 25 mg/1.0 ml, 0.065% NaCl solution (the content of ampoules in clinical use) were investigated on frog's heart in situ. Dyphylline in all of the above concentrations had a stimulatory effect on the frog's heart. Hycanthone methanesulphonate in concentration of 1.0 ml/1.0 ml when topically applied to the frog's heart had a depressant effect on both of the contractility and rhythmicity. The depressant effects of Hycanthone in concentration of 1:1 were compared before and after the topical application of Dyphylline in the above mentioned concentrations. It was found that Dyphylline in concentration of 1.0 mg/1.0 ml could partially antagonize the depressant effect of Hycanthone on the heart rate but not on the force of contraction. Dyphylline in concentration of 10 mg/1.0 ml could partially antagonize the depressant effects of Hycanthone on both of the heart rate and the force of contraction. Dyphylline in concentration of 25 mg/1.0 ml could completely antagonize the depressant effects of hycanthone on both of the heart rate and the force of contraction.
