myoma/obesity

We here report a case of a 53-year-old woman requiring pulmonary embolectomy for acute massive pulmonary embolism caused by a huge uterine myoma compressing veins in the pelvis and extreme obesity. She was also diagnosed as having myomatous erythrocytosis syndrome, a rare disease associated with

Age of menarche, fertility, number of labours, body weight, physical and mental activity, and incidence of stress in everyday life were evaluated in 72 women with uterine myomas, aged 34-54 years. The control group consisted of 45 healthy women at similar age. It was demonstrated that overweight (p

It was shown that the risk for endometrial cancer development in uterine myoma increases 43-fold in cases of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and obesity, 20-fold in adnexitis, 15-fold in hyperplastic endometrial lesions and 9.8-fold in the multipara.

Panniculectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removal of the skin and fat excess which facilitates access to the peritoneal cavity. In the paper we present three cases of morbidly obese women (BMI: 46.3-59.5) who were treated in the Department of Gynecology and Oncological Gynecology in Lodz.

The study analyzed 301 patients with uterine cancer at the age of 45 years and older and 304 patients with uterine myoma 45 years. It was found that patients with uterine myoma of the older age group (45 and older) have the following clinical features: overweight and thus increased BMI these women,

Leptin, the product of the obesity (ob) gene, along with its receptors (Ob-Rs), is expressed in several tissues and organs. Evidence has been provided that leptin, in addition to being involved in obesity development, plays a role in the regulation of the female reproductive system, angiogenesis and

OBJECTIVE An epidemiologic study of coexistence uterus myoma with endometrial cancer patients is presented. Coexistence of endometrial carcinoma with uterus myoma was evaluated and controlled for age, residence, civil status, education, parity, menarche age, last menstruation age, length of

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analog goserelin on serum leptin and body composition in women with solitary uterine myoma. METHODS Fifteen women who were regularly menstruating and not obese were included. In all subjects,

Uterine leiomyoma is a benign smooth muscle tumor characterized by a high incidence in women of reproductive age. The aetiology of this tumor is still unknown but established risk factors include high levels of female hormones, family history, African ancestry, early age of menarche and obesity.

Myomas are the most common benign tumors of the genital organs in women of childbearing age, causing significant morbidity and impairing their quality of life. In our investigation, we have reviewed the epidemiological data related to the development of myomas in order to homogenize the current

Gastric bypass is one of the most frequently performed surgical procedures in bariatric surgery. A neoplasm within the gastric pouch is a somewhat infrequent complication but with important survival consequences. We present the case of a 51-year-old woman who developed an adenocarcinoma in the

Objective: To explore the association between maternal age and perinatal outcomes. Methods: Totally, 3 151 women with advanced maternal age and 6 098 women younger than 35 years old who delivered in Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital in 2016 were recruited. Their clinic characteristics and

BACKGROUND Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (LPD) is a rare benign disease characterized by numerous smooth muscle-like cell nodules disseminated among the abdominal cavity. The pathogenesis of LPD is not well-known; one hypothesis, widely reported, is parasitic LPD (after uterine myoma

BACKGROUND To evaluate feasibility and clinical outcomes of myomectomy performed through minilaparotomic access in a large series of consecutive patients. METHODS All patients submitted to laparotomic conservative surgery for uterine myomas through an initial minilaparotomic approach (4-8-cm