ABSTRACT
The Authors report their diagnostic experience of 263 patients with abnormal uterine bleeding in peri- and post-menopause. They used a diagnostic procedure which favored the hysteroscopy in first level research: hysteroscopy proved to be a reliable and easily applicable method. In fact it has demonstrated the high incidence of functional pathology (135 cases) and has permitted the histological control of the 3 high risk hyperplasia and of the 15 adenocarcinomatas found in their patients.
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Endometrial Hyperplasia/complications , Menopause , Metrorrhagia/etiology , Uterine Neoplasms/complications , Adult , Endometrial Hyperplasia/diagnosis , Female , Humans , Hysteroscopy , Middle Aged , Risk Factors , Uterine Neoplasms/diagnosisABSTRACT
The Authors carried out a comparative assessment of hysteroscopy diagnosis and histological findings obtained by dilatation and curettage and hysterectomy. Analysis of the data shows a good correlation between hysteroscopic diagnosis and histological findings obtained with dilatation and curettage.
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Dilatation and Curettage , Endometrium/pathology , Hysterectomy , Hysteroscopy , Uterine Diseases/diagnosis , Adenocarcinoma/diagnosis , Adenocarcinoma/pathology , Biopsy , Endometrial Hyperplasia/diagnosis , Endometrial Hyperplasia/pathology , Endometrial Neoplasms/diagnosis , Endometrial Neoplasms/pathology , Evaluation Studies as Topic , False Negative Reactions , False Positive Reactions , Female , Humans , Uterine Diseases/pathologyABSTRACT
The Authors evaluated the incidence of complication and side effects of 244 outpatient hysteroscopies performed either with or without premedication or anaesthesia. In all cases symptoms resolved spontaneously or after adequate medical treatment.
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Hysteroscopy/adverse effects , Anesthesia, Local , Endometrium/injuries , Female , Humans , Pain/etiology , Uterine Perforation/etiology , Wounds and Injuries/etiologyABSTRACT
The authors report on an isolated case of parotid gland oncocytoma observed in an elderly patient who developed an oxyphilic cell adenoma of the parotid gland. As this conditions is very rare, they describe the clinical features of the case and review the available literature on the disease.
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Adenoma/pathology , Parotid Neoplasms/pathology , Aged , Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/pathology , Female , HumansABSTRACT
The communication of a case of peripheric neurofibromatosis of Von Recklinghausen with malignant degeneration helps us to underline the importance of the follow-up as the best system to prevent these negative cases and to allow a best and longer survival of these patients with a high cancerogenic predisposition.
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Neurilemmoma/etiology , Neurofibromatosis 1/complications , Adult , Humans , Male , Neurilemmoma/pathology , Neurofibromatosis 1/pathologyABSTRACT
The authors examine the problem of the differential diagnosis of spontaneous hematoma of the abdominal rectus muscles versus "surgical" or "non-surgical" acute abdomen and other conditions. The clinical characteristics and investigative methods used are reviewed with a view to avoiding diagnostic errors. In addition, the authors discuss 6 clinical cases which they have observed personally.
