: In this study we estimated the efficacy of contralateral breast biopsy as a subsidiary method of early detection of bilateral breast cancer. We performed blind biopsies in the upper outer quadrant ...of the opposite breast in 195 patients undergoing surgical treatment for primary breast cancer. The histologic examination of the biopsy specimens showed 12 malignant lesions, which accounts for an incidence of 6.1%. In detail, we had two infiltrating ductal cancers, two infiltrating lobular cancers, three ductal in situ cancers, and five lobular in situ cancers. The overall incidence of invasive disease was 2.05%. We concluded that contralateral breast biopsy should be reconsidered as a method for enhancing early detection of contralateral breast cancer in high‐risk groups, especially when it meets the emotional needs of patients. Permission given, it is included in the main surgical treatment of patients, avoiding the cost and complications of anesthesia, and it is cosmetically acceptable, without being an emotional burden for the woman.
This study was designed to investigate the hemodynamics of the uteroplacental circulation in normal and pre-eclamptic pregnancies using the biomagnetometer SQUID.
Twenty-two pregnancies complicated ...by pre-eclampsia and 49 normal pregnancies were included in this study. All were near term. Biomagnetic signals were recorded from the uterine arteries. After statistical Fourier analysis, the findings were designated in terms of spectral amplitudes as high (140-300 fT/square root of Hz), low (50-110 fT/square root of Hz) and borderline (111-139 fT/square root of Hz).
The uterine artery waveforms and the corresponding spectral densities were of high amplitudes in most (89.7%) normal pregnancies and of low amplitudes in most (81.8%) pregnancies complicated by pre-eclampsia (p < 0.005). These findings were of statistical significance and were correlated with fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring, pH, Apgar score at 1 and 5 minutes and birth weight percentiles: high amplitude cases were related with normal FHR patterns, pH > 7.25, Apgar score > 7 and birth weight > 75th percentile, while low amplitude recordings were connected with abnormal FHR patterns, pH < 7.25, Apgar score < 7, and birth weight < 10th percentile (8 cases) and < 50th percentile (10 cases).
Biomagnetic measurement of the uterine artery flow, is a promising procedure in assessing fetal health, especially in high-risk pregnancies.
Opisan je slučaj 27-godišnje bolesnice s Carolijevom bolešću i kongenitalnom fibrozom (Carolijev kompleks). Carolijeva bolest dotad je bila asimptomatska. Prepoznata je kao intraoperacijski nalaz ...tijekom postupka lijevostrane hepatektomije nakon akutne epizode abdominalne krize. Glavni razlog za operacijski zahvat bila je maligna pretvorba u kolangiokarcinom stanica cističnih stjenka. Carolijev kompleks češći je od drugih oblika bolesti. Prikaz slučaja je dopunjen pregledom literature i raspravom o pretpostavljenim etiopatogenetskim mehanizmima.
