[Ultrasound of cervix uteri transvaginal in preterm birth]. / Ecografia endovaginala a colului uterin în diagnosticul nasterii premature.

Premature birth is a social problem due to its implications in the natal mortality and morbidity. This is the reason why it is necessary to establish new methods which could identify pregnant women with high risk of premature birth. Besides the measurable biochemical factors such as fetal fibronectin and salivary estriol, I1-6 sonography is a simple method highly efficient and of reasonable financial costs among all the sonographic means of observing the cervix uteri. The transvaginal sonography is the "golden standard", permitting the most faithful assessment of the pursued parameters--the length of the cervix, the aspect of the internal os (funneling), the cervix index. The experience gathered up to now shows that all of these investigations have a predictive value which is more negative than positive, but when used together they could lead to an improved result.

[Bilateral breast cancer (BBC). Considerations on a series of 20 cases]. / Cancerul mamar bilateral consideratii pe un lot de 20 de observatii.

The aim of this study was to assess breast cancer incidence, diagnostic possibilities in clinical treatable stages and the prognosis in a series of breast cancer patients repeatedly treated in the same unit, by the same team. Diagnostic difficulties in the early stage of the contralateral cancer constitute a proven reality even in our cases. The detection of the second metachronous breast tumor was done and evaluated mostly in an more advanced stage than the initial tumours. This might be explained by the delayed visit to the doctor. Most BBC were lobular carcinoma. Adjuvant therapy--chemotherapy, antiestrogens, ovariectomy--do not prevent the appearance of the second tumoral site.