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OBJECTIVE: In our review article we focused on the circulating HPV DNA and its potential role in the pathogenesis of cervical cancer and in the evaluation of patients´ prognosis with cervical cancer Design: The article is a systematic review study analyzing available scientific articles focused on the circulating HPV DNA. SETTING: Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jesenius faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. METHODS: In our study we searched the medical database PubMed with the key words: circulating HPV DNA, cervical cancer, cervical precanceroses. The core of our work is focused on the scientific articles published in English language since year 1995. RESULTS: We identified 13 studies in PubMed database analyzing the circulating HPV DNA in the process of cervical carcinogenesis. It is clear from the results that circulating HPV DNA is a significant prognostic marker of cervical malignant diseases including the early stages. CONCLUSION: The results focused on circulating HPV DNA show the significance of molecular biology in assessing the prognosis of cervical cancer. This idea has to be supported by further relevant studies. The uniformity of studies and use of the most sophisticated methods could help to answer the question about the real role of circulating HPV DNA in the process of cervical carcinogenesis and disease progression.
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Cell-Free Nucleic Acids , Papillomaviridae , Papillomavirus Infections , Precancerous Conditions , Uterine Cervical Dysplasia , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms , DNA , Female , Humans , Papillomaviridae/genetics , SlovakiaABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: The rare case presentation of angiolipoleiomyoma (ALLM) of the uterus with review of diagnostic and discriminative information for this entity. SUBJECT: Case report with review of the literature. SETTING: Department of Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Jessenius Medical Faculty in Martin. CONCLUSION: The ALLM of the uterus is rare benign mixed mesenchyme tumor consisting of smooth muscle bundles, foci of mature fat tissue and abnormal vessels. The presented case is describing a 53-year-old women hysterectomized for multiple uterine myoma of which two showed the histological signs of ALLM. On imunohistochemical profile are these tumors negative for melanocytic features, e.g. HMB-45, what distinguishes them from angiomyolipomas, which are currently categorized into so called PEComas - tumors originating from perivascular epithelial cells.
