Breast Cancer and Pregnancy: Experience of Maternity and Neonatology Center of Tunis-Tunisia

This document aims to identify the clinical, therapeutic, and prognostic features of this association and to provide the up-to-date management.

Our study design is retrospective based on 25 cases of pregnancy-associated breast cancer, carried out at the Maternity and Neonatology Center of Tunis over a period of 10 years, between January 2001 and December 2013.

The mean age of the patients was 35.84 years. Breast cancer was diagnosed during pregnancy in fourteen patients and after delivery in eleven patients. Pathohistological diagnosis was established by ultrasoundguided biopsy and surgical biopsy in fourteen and seven patients, respectively.

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Laparoscopic Surgery for Large Ovarian Cysts- Review

Laparoscopic surgery has been increasingly applied to different gynecologic problems with excellent surgical outcome and rapid recovery.

Large ovarian cysts, a relatively common gynecologic problem, pose certain challenges to laparoscopic management.

The aim of the present study was to review published reports on laparoscopic surgery for large ovarian cysts and summarize their findings regarding patients’ selection, surgical outcome, technical methods and the final pathology report.

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