Pterygium is a condition characterized by the encroachment of a fleshy triangle of conjunctival tissue into the cornea. Despite various studies, the pathogenesis of pterygium remains unclear. Chronic exposure to sun is the only factor of which the role has been clearly documented by epidemiologic and in vitro studies. Recent studies have provided data such as loss of heterozygosity and microsat…
Ovarian tumors occur predominantly in women of the child bearing-age, mainly in their 3rd and 4th decades. In 1993, the Department of Pathology of Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya recorded 285 cases of ovarian tumors, and 199 (69.82 percent) of the cases occured in women of the childbearing age. Malignancy was observed in 61 cases (21.40 percent). Frozen section are performed for selected cases i…
Objective: to identify the influences of inadequate surgery in the survival of patients with ovarian cancer. Design/data identification: retrospective, 7 years, from 1980 until 1986, and follow up of minimal 5 years. Study selection: histopathology, the surgery was adequate or not, and survival rate. Subject, patients, participants: 236 cases of ovarian cancer, 210 (88.98 percent) cases can be …