Surapan Khunamornpong

..29). In conclusion, approximately one-third of women with AIS on cervical conization have residual lesion on subsequent hysterectomy specimens. Only cone margin status is a significant predictor for residual lesion...

..Yolk sac tumor (YST) of the vulva is extremely rare. Seven cases of vulvar YST have been reported to the literature. Due to the rarity of tumors, the appropriate choice of treatment may remain unclear...

..However, the distribution of the primary sites was different and was correlated with the cancer incidence in Thai women. The majority of mucin-producing adenocarcinomas involving the ovaries were metastatic tumors...

..Am J Surg Pathol 2003; 27: 985-93 [5]) that classifies mucinous adenocarcinomas of the ovary as primary when they were unilateral > or =10 cm and as metastatic when they were unilateral <10 cm or bilateral...

..However, the additional presence of papillary structures allows CCA to be readily distinguished from these other tumors. We propose that scrape cytology offers the best approach for the intraoperative cytologic diagnosis of CCA...

..EBV-SMT should be included in the differential diagnoses of mesenchymal tumor in patients with immunosuppression and in the differential diagnoses of smooth muscle tumor in uncommon sites, including the vulva...

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..Scrape cytology is a simple, rapid, and inexpensive adjunctive technique that should be used in intraoperative consultation for ovarian lesions...

..To evaluate the prognostic significance of p53 protein expression in patients with early stage cervical carcinoma treated by surgery alone in a well-controlled study...

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..In conclusion, ASC-US cytology in our population has a relatively high prevalence of underlying invasive carcinoma. Nulliparity and current oral contraceptive use are independent predictors for harboring CIN 2+...

..21-5.40, P=0.01). In conclusion, HIV-infected women with abnormal Pap smears are a population subset with a higher risk of significant cervical lesions, irrespective of the severity of abnormal cervical smears...

..In conclusion, northern Thai women with HSIL cytology are at significant risk of having underlying severe cervical lesions, and especially invasive carcinoma which is detected in approximately one-fifth of the cases...

..Unsatisfactory colposcopy and premenopausal status were significant independent predictors of having such lesion...

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..The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of HPV infection and distribution of HPV genotypes in Northern Thai women and thereby estimate the benefit of administering the HPV vaccine in the population...

..Our study shows that longer (at least 60 days) prophylaxis is more effective in reducing HIV expression in the placenta and is associated with reduced transmission to neonates...

..The prognosis of patients with these tumors appears excellent...

..To determine the accuracy of subjective sonographic assessment in distinguishing between benign and malignant adnexal masses...

..To evaluate the histopathology of women who had "atypical squamous cells, cannot exclude high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions" (ASC-H) on cervical cytology in a region with high incidence of cervical cancer...

..In this study, we evaluated the association between COX-2 expression and specific clinicopathologic features in surgically-treated squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix...

..To evaluate the prevalence of and predictors for underlying significant lesions in women with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) smears...

..To evaluate the clinicopathological factors associated with recurrence of disease in non-obese women with endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma...

..To determine the distribution of HPV genotypes in cervical neuroendocrine carcinoma (NECA) in northern Thailand, and evaluate the correlation between HPV genotype and clinicopathologic features...

..To examine the relationship between the number of pelvic nodes removed and 5-year disease-free survival in early-stage cervical cancer patients who underwent radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy (RHPL)...

..To compare the "top-hat" and conventional loop electrosurgical excision procedures (LEEP) performed in women with a type 3 transformation zone to assess the rate of endocervical margin involvement...

..To evaluate the expression and prognostic significance of survivin, CD117, and C-erbB-2 in neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix...

..In this study, we evaluated whether COX-2 expression of neoplastic cells within lymphovascular spaces (tumor emboli) would provide additional prognostic information...

..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the patterns of recurrence and its associated factors in stage IB1-IIA cervical cancer cases after radical hysterectomy...

..In conclusion, approximately half of women with positive endocervical cone margins after LEEP for HSIL histology have residual disease. Repeat diagnostic excision is recommended for evaluation of lesions and severity...

..The loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) remains an important measure for combined treatment and diagnosis...

..To evaluate the preceding cervical cytology and factors leading to cytohistologic discrepancy in women with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) histology...

..Frozen sections also help in the evaluation of metastatic tumors to the ovary. Mucinous tumors constitute an important group causing diagnostic discrepancies...

..The objective of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of intraoperative frozen sections of ovarian mucinous tumors and to identify the features associated with an inaccurate diagnosis...

..To evaluate the histopathology of women who had atypical glandular cells (AGC) on Pap smears in a region with high incidence of cervical cancer...

..To determine the clinicopathological predictors for residual disease in women who have had cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) II-III with endocervical cone margin involvement after loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP)...

..Tumor stage ≥ IC, IECA ≥ 10%, microinvasion, and age less than 45 years were the features that were associated with tumor recurrence. The study results also support the use of nuclear grade 3 as the sole criterion of IECA...

..Ovarian involvement of ETT can be challenging to pathologists and may be potentially confused with ovarian epithelial carcinoma, particularly of clear cell differentiation...

..Conclusion: THPV18 DNA viral load may have a prognostic value in patients with early-stage NECA of the cervix. A low viral load may be predictive of shortened disease-free survival in these patients...

..Intraoperative pathologic consultation can help confirm the benign diagnosis and unnecessary major operation for malignancy can be avoided...

..To determine the validity of sonographic pattern recognition in the diagnosis of mature cystic teratoma...

..To examine the effect of carcinoma cell type on tumor characteristics, tumor spread, tumor recurrence, and survival of patients with early-stage cervical cancer who had radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy...

..Disrupting the pathway of infection of Langerhans cells and related cells may be a viable strategy to interfere with transmission of HIV subtype E...

..In early stages, clear cell ovarian cancer patients had similar outcomes to other epithelial ovarian histology patients, whereas the outcome was very poor in advanced stages...

..To assess the accuracy of the Wallach Endocell endometrial cell sampler in diagnosing endometrial carcinoma and hyperplasia...

..Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by mucocutaneous melanin deposition, and intestinal hamartomatous polyps, with an increased risk of breast, gastrointestinal, and female genital tract cancers...

..LVSI was one of the prognostic determinants for disease recurrence and associated with poor survival in patients with uterine cancer...

..0%. In conclusion, "see and treat" approach appears to be an appropriate strategy in managing women with HSIL cytology. The overtreatment rate could be reduced when such policy is limited for premenopausal women...

..In conclusion, DORV can be readily diagnosed in utero by checking outflow tract even without 3-dimensional sonography and in the absence of obvious risk for congenital heart defects...

..To determine whether the use of lubricating gel during vaginal speculum examination affected cytologic interpretation in the conventional Pap smear...

..To determine the value of negative cone margins in predicting residual disease in women with adenocarcinoma in situ (ACIS)...

..EBV-SMT should be included in the differential diagnoses of a mesenchymal tumor in immunocompromised patients, and in the differential diagnoses of a smooth muscle tumor occurring in uncommon sites including the tonsil...

..To our knowledge, this is the youngest case of uterine leiomyosarcoma with OGC. Leiomyosarcoma with OGC has an aggressive clinical course. The tumor may occur in young patient and may arise from pre-existing leiomyoma...

..The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between the mast cell density, tumor angiogenesis, and clinical outcomes in patients with endometrioid adenocarcinoma of endometrium...

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..The uterine anomaly was not recognized preoperatively. The patient died of disease 5 months after diagnosis. Postmenopausal women taking tamoxifen should be closely monitored for symptoms of endometrial lesions...

..To determine the validity of pulsatility and resistance index of transabdominal Doppler ultrasound (e-flow) in distinguishing between benign and malignant adnexal masses...

..The purpose of this series was to describe the unusual but unique sonographic pattern of mature cystic teratoma...

..Clear cell CA is the most common histology in ovarian cancer patients who have associated endometriosis. Three fourths of the patients are in stage I and have favorable prognosis...

..This can be especially beneficial to patients (e.g., three in our study) in which lymphadenopathy is confined to deep intra-abdominal nodes...

..This technique is an alternative for patients who have severe crushed injury of the shoulder or suspected double crush lesion of the suprascapular nerve...

..This is because the abandoned RH group had worse prognostic factors...

..There was only one umbilical cord which contained four vessels (two arteries and two veins). This case report demonstrates the possibility of using fetal echocardiography to delineate the cardiovascular complex of the conjoined heart...

..Mitotic figures and karyorrhetic bodies were occasionally seen. Nuclear molding was rarely identified. Small-cell carcinoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of malignant effusions containing lymphoma-like cells...

..As the features of VGA are distinctive, the diagnosis could be possible on cytological grounds. Examination of cervical smears would be helpful for an early diagnosis of VGA or to suggest the coexistence of other neoplastic components...

..To compare the cytomorphologic quality of the cervical (Pap) smears between two fixation techniques, rehydration of air-dried smears (AD) versus wet fixation (WF)...

..According to this report, primary PEComa of the round ligament can mimic leiomyoma. Laparoscopic radical excision might be a feasible and safe alternative treatment of this tumor with a favorable outcome...

..All patients showed no evidence of disease at the last visit. Presence of lymphatic invasion and deep stromal involvement appeared to be the risk factors for lymph node metastasis of well-differentiated villoglandular adenocarcinoma...

..The chromosomal study revealed normal, 46,XY. This report emphasizes the important role of prenatal ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of this disorder...

..This may help explain the cases of in utero transmission that persist despite antiretroviral prophylaxis, given that therapy is started in the late gestational period...

..With careful fetal echocardiography, HLHS may be readily observed on a 4-chamber view as either a small or even absent left ventricle...

..Repeat cone biopsy should be performed to determine exactly the severity of lesion before planning treatment...

..Preterm delivery with stillbirth occurred in both cases. Autopsies confirmed the very distal displacement of the tricuspid valve insertion, close to the apex, and enlargement of the right atrium...

..To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a CT appearance of this round ligament tumour. The radiological features and differential diagnosis are discussed...

..In conclusion, in the region with high incidence of cervical cancer, women with LSIL cytology are at increased risk of having underlying high-grade lesions and invasive cancer. Immediate referral for colposcopy is warranted...

..To evaluate the association between bcl-2 expression, some pathological factors (lymph-vascular space invasion (LVSI), tumor grade, depth of stromal invasion), and tumor recurrence in cervical cancer...