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Lundeberg K, Wolford J, Reid T. Gastric mucosa as a rare recurrence location of endometrial endometrioid adenocarcinoma. Gynecol Oncol Rep 2024; 53:101390. [PMID: 38623268 PMCID: PMC11016855 DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2024.101390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 03/31/2024] [Accepted: 04/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024] Open
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Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic malignancy in the United States, with a prevalence of 25.7 per 100,000 women per year (Mahdy et al., 2023). Recurrences of endometrial carcinoma have a mean interval of occurring 2-3 years after primary treatment, with 64 % of cases occurring within 2 years and 87 % by the third year (Kurra et al., 2013). The most common sites of recurrence include the pelvis, pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes, peritoneum, and the lungs (Kurra et al., 2013). Here, we describe a 72-year-old female with recurrent Stage IIIA endometrial adenocarcinoma in the gastric mucosa, an unusual location for recurrence of this type of cancer.
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- Kathleen Lundeberg
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wright-Patterson Medical Center, United States
- Wright State University, Boonshoft School of Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency, United States
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- University of Cincinnati, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, United States
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- University of Cincinnati, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, United States
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Wolford J, Pham B, Hachey S, Tewari K, Hughes C. An in vitro vascularized micro-tumor model of ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s0090-8258(21)00808-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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This article addresses the role of surgery in the management of gynecologic cancers with liver metastases. The authors review the short-term and long-term outcomes of aggressive resection through retrospective and randomized studies. Although the data supporting aggressive resection of liver metastasis are largely retrospective and case based, the randomized control data to address neoadjuvant versus chemotherapy have been widely criticized. Residual disease remains an important predictor for survival in ovarian cancer. If a patient cannot achieve near optimal cytoreduction, radical cytoreductive procedures, such as hepatic resection, should be considered for palliation only.
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- Kiran H Clair
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of California, 333 City Boulevard West, Suite 1400, Orange, CA 92868, USA.
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of California, 333 City Boulevard West, Suite 1400, Orange, CA 92868, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, 333 City Boulevard West, Suite 1400, Orange, CA 92868, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, 333 City Boulevard West, Suite 1400, Orange, CA 92868, USA
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Clair K, Wolford J, Veran-Taguibao S, Kim G, Eskander RN. Primary low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma of the omentum. Gynecol Oncol Rep 2017; 21:119-121. [PMID: 28831418 PMCID: PMC5554916 DOI: 10.1016/j.gore.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2017] [Revised: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Extra-uterine endometrial stromal sarcoma may arise in endometriosis. Abdominal exploration for extra pelvic endometriosis is warranted. Representative endometriotic implants should be resected and/or biopsied if clinically suspicious.
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- Kiran Clair
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Irvine Medical Center, 101 The City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Irvine Medical Center, 101 The City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California Irvine Medical Center, 101 The City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California Irvine Medical Center, 101 The City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868, USA
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Hodeib M, Forde G, Shah J, Wolford J, Tewari D. Reducing readmission rates with a newly implemented robotic surgery program for uterine cancer within an integrated health care system: A model for quality measure development. Gynecol Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.07.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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McGuffin A, Vaughan A, Wolford J. Urticarial Vasculitis in a Teenage Girl. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep 2013; 1:2324709613484301. [PMID: 26425571 PMCID: PMC4528793 DOI: 10.1177/2324709613484301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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This case involves a 13-year-old female who presented to the pediatrician for a routine check-up with complaints of a long history of intermittent diarrhea followed by a severe rash lasting for up to a week afterwards. The mother had described her daughter’s condition to multiple physicians, several whom had seen her during flare-ups. The nonmigratory lesions resembled “hives” with a single lesion lasting for 48 to 72 hours and resolving into what her parent described as a bruise. They often diagnosed her daughter with urticaria and prescribed steroids, which did resolve the acute flare-ups. None of the physicians, however, focused on the disease’s evolution and chronicity in an effort toward diagnosis and prevention. The patient was referred by her pediatrician to a dermatologist who diagnosed the patient with urticarial vasculitis. She was initially started on dapsone 25 mg and was increased over a period of months to a maintenance dose of 100 mg daily. She has had no recurrences in her cutaneous or systemic symptoms on this dose. She is closely monitored by her dermatologist on a regular basis with twice yearly complete blood counts. Several attempts have been made to discontinue the dapsone, resulting in a flare of her gastrointestinal symptoms. This patient suffered with this condition for almost 10 years. This is a reminder that spending extra time to think through a patient’s problem early on may prevent years of suffering for patients and their families.
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- Aaron McGuffin
- Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA
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- Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA
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Schumacher S, Norin J, Bolu O, DuBois A, Wolford J, Shaffer N. HIV testing and counselling for prevention of mother-to-child transmission at labour and delivery in Guyana. W INDIAN MED J 2009; 58:112-113. [PMID: 21866594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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- S Schumacher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, OWCD, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E-04, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
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Norwood VF, Garmey M, Wolford J, Carey RM, Gomez RA. Novel expression and regulation of the renin-angiotensin system in metanephric organ culture. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2000; 279:R522-30. [PMID: 10938241 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.279.2.r522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To evaluate the presence and regulation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in metanephric organ culture, embryonic day 14 (E14) rat metanephroi were cultured for 6 days. mRNAs for renin and both ANG II receptors (AT(1) and AT(2)) are expressed at E14, and all three genes continue to be expressed in culture. Renin mRNA is localized to developing tubules and ureteral branches in the cultured explants. At E14, renin immunostaining is found in isolated cells scattered within the mesenchyme. As differentiation progresses, renin localizes to the ureteric epithelium, developing tubules and glomeruli. E14 metanephroi contain ANG II, and peptide production persists in culture. Renin activity is present at E14 (6.13 +/- 0.61 pg ANG I. kidney(-1). h(-1)) and in cultured explants (28.84 +/- 1. 13 pg ANG I. kidney(-1). h(-1)). Renin activity in explants is increased by ANG II treatment (70.1 +/- 6.36 vs. 40.97 +/- 1.94 pg ANG I. kidney(-1). h(-1) in control). This increase is prevented by AT(1) blockade, whereas AT(2) antagonism has no effect. These studies document an operational local RAS and a previously undescribed positive-feedback mechanism for renin generation in avascular, cultured developing metanephroi. This novel expression pattern and regulatory mechanism highlight the unique ability of developing renal cells to express an active RAS.
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MESH Headings
- Angiotensin II/metabolism
- Animals
- Embryo, Mammalian/metabolism
- Embryo, Mammalian/physiology
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Kidney/embryology
- Organ Culture Techniques
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 1
- Receptor, Angiotensin, Type 2
- Receptors, Angiotensin/genetics
- Receptors, Angiotensin/physiology
- Renin/genetics
- Renin/metabolism
- Renin-Angiotensin System/physiology
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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- V F Norwood
- University of Virginia, Children's Medical Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA.
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Toth-Fejel S, Olson S, Gunter K, Quan F, Wolford J, Popovich BW, Magenis RE. The impact of imprinting: Prader-Willi syndrome resulting from chromosome translocation, recombination, and nondisjunction. Am J Hum Genet 1996; 58:1008-16. [PMID: 8651261 PMCID: PMC1914624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is most often the result of a deletion of bands q11.2-q13 of the paternally derived chromosome 15, but it also occurs either because of maternal uniparental disomy (UPD) of this region or, rarely, from a methylation imprinting defect. A significant number of cases are due to structural rearrangements of the pericentromeric region of chromosome 15. We report two cases of PWS with UPD in which there was a meiosis I nondisjunction error involving an altered chromosome 15 produced by both a translocation event between the heteromorphic satellite regions of chromosomes 14 and 15 and recombination. In both cases, high-resolution banding of the long arm was normal, and FISH of probes D15S11, SNRPN, D15S10, and GABRB3 indicated no loss of this material. Chromosome heteromorphism analysis showed that each patient had maternal heterodisomy of the chromosome 15 short arm, whereas PCR of microsatellites demonstrated allele-specific maternal isodisomy and heterodisomy of the long arm. SNRPN gene methylation analysis revealed only a maternal imprint in both patients. We suggest that the chromosome structural rearrangements, combined with recombination in these patients, disrupted normal segregation of an imprinted region, resulting in uniparental disomy and PWS.
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- S Toth-Fejel
- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA
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Signs SA, Liu B, Wolford J, Carrillo AJ. Serotonergic involvement in the regulation of prolactin and vasoactive intestinal peptide mRNA expression in the rat anterior pituitary. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1994; 105:183-91. [PMID: 7859924 DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(94)90168-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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These studies examined the contribution of serotonin (5-HT) to the control of prolactin (PRL) and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) messenger RNA expression in rat anterior pituitary. Daily injection of rats with the biosynthetic precursor to serotonin, 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP; 25 mg/kg, q.i.d.), resulted on day 5 in a 50% increase in the expression of PRL mRNA in the pituitary while at the same time reducing the levels of both the 1.0 and 1.7 kb VIP mRNA transcripts. Co-treatment of rats with 5-HTP plus the catecholamine biosynthesis inhibitor, alpha-methyl-tyrosine (alpha-MT; 150 mg/kg, q.d. x 2 days), or the dopamine receptor antagonist haloperidol (1.25 mg/kg, b.i.d. x 5 days), resulted in increases in pituitary PRL message levels that were greater than those observed with either anti-dopaminergic agent alone. In contrast, 5-HTP was unable to reverse the inhibition of PRL mRNA expression caused by treatment with the dopamine receptor agonist bromocriptine (2.5 mg/kg, b.i.d. x 5 days). Neither alpha-MT, haloperidol nor bromocriptine had a significant effect on pituitary VIP mRNA expression. Administration of the direct-acting 5-HT receptor agonist quipazine (5 mg/kg, b.i.d.) for 14 consecutive days caused a significant increase in pituitary PRL mRNA levels on day 1 and reached a plateau of 90% above control levels on days 7 and 14. VIP mRNA levels rose significantly on day 1 of quipazine treatment but thereafter fell to a minimum of 22% (1.0 kb) and 52% (1.7 kb) of control by day 14.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S A Signs
- Department of Pharmacology, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown 44272
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Ramsey G, Wolford J, Boczkowski DJ, Cornell FW, Larson P, Starzl TE. The Lewis blood group system in liver transplantation. Transplant Proc 1987; 19:4591-4. [PMID: 3321626 PMCID: PMC2903889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- G Ramsey
- Central Blood Bank, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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The authors review their experiences in permitting psychiatric patients to read their own records. Patients are permitted to read the records with a staff member present to explain the information in the record. Copies of the records are not provided, nor is the patient always provided access to the complete record. Permitting this type of limited patient access to records has resulted in a generally positive experience for the patients, and harm has not ensued.
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Weiss BS, Roberts P, Wolford J. The uninvolved: a study of services for former mental patients. Int J Soc Psychiatry 1969; 15:223-9. [PMID: 4318532 DOI: 10.1177/002076406901500308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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