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S Francalanci

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PubMed1985

Estrogen and progesterone receptors in the human vagina.

Estrogen (E) and progesterone (Pg) receptor (R) levels were determined in the human vagina in relation to menopausal status, day of ovarian cycle and pregnancy. The results obtained confirmed that the human vagina contains ER and, in addition, demonstrated for the first time the presence of PgR in this organ in humans. In cycling women, ER and PgR did not vary significantly during the ovarian cycle; however low (less than or equal to 10 fmoles/mg cytosol protein) concentrations of PgR were more frequently (6 out of 8 cases) detected during the secretory phase. No substantial difference was seen in ER and PgR values between anterior and posterior wall of the vagina. In postmenopausal patients the levels of ER (range: 10-83 fmoles/mg) were similar to those found in premenopause (range: 12-78 fmoles/mg). As regards PgR, the majority (14 out of 20) of vaginae were devoid of PgR, 4 had a very low (less than or equal to 6 fmoles/mg) PgR content and only 2 cases had a PgR level higher than 10 fmol/mg cytosol protein. In pregnant patients (6th to 8th week) ER were found in all vaginae, while PgR were present only in some cases (3 out of 8). It was concluded that the behavior of ER in the human vagina seems different from that in the human endometrium, since ER levels do not vary in relation to changes in the concentrations of sexual hormones in the circulation. On the contrary, PgR levels appear to depend on blood estradiol and progesterone concentration, as in other target tissues.

Adult↗
PubMed1984

[Mesenteric fibromatosis. Anatomo-clinical studies of a case].

Mesenteric fibromatosis is a rare lesion associated with an insidious onset and with a movable mass representing frequently the only expression of disorder clinically. This mesenchymal lesion is a well differentiated fibrous growth perhaps catalogued as a pseudotumor. The authors describe one case treated surgically. The general series is reviewed and clinical and pathological comments are made about the diagnostic and etiological aspects of the disease.

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[Contact dermatitis of the hands in housewives: preliminary data of a multicenter study].

The preliminary results of a survey carried out by the Institutes of Dermatology of Bari and Florence Universities and by the Clinica del Lavoro of Milan University are analyzed. The survey, whose aim is to identify the causes of contact dermatitis on housewives' hands and whose conclusions are forecasted for June 1990, will examine 1,650 female people, 1,050 of which are ill and 600 are case-controls. The results of the first 617 cases (514 ill and 103 case-controls) are reported. The anamnesis has shown that the hands (in 488 cases) are the most affected part of the body, that the most frequent symptoms are itch and burning sensation (in 410 cases), and that cosmetics, followed by detergents and softeners, are considered by the patients among the products more responsible for these symptoms. The allergic tests, even if with a different percentage of incidence, have shown metals (above all nickel), rubber additives and resins as the main aptens. Another survey, also in progress, concerning the search of metals in detergents and in washing waters for pollution caused by abrasives, pots, Inox sinks, pipes and tabs of the water system, is reported.

Dermatitis, Contact↗