The Journal of Bucharest College of Physicians and the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences

M. Valcu

M. Valcu

Ultrasound in Obstetrical and Gynecologic Emergencies

In Bucharest University Emergency Hospital every day we deal with difficult cases either presented per primam in our setting or, even more difficult situations, cases that were intended to be treated in other hospitals but due to lack of infrastructure are sent towards our multidisciplinary hospital, as a final stop. Conditions that our teams have to deal in a very restricted amount of time in the Emergency Room are: submucous myoma with heavy bleeding acquired uterine arteriovenous fistulae, ovarian ruptured cyst , ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, adnexal torsion, tuboovarian abscess, classical tubal ectopic pregnancy, Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, incomplete abortion, ruptured uterus post minimally invasive procedures performed before pregnancy, placental abruption, placenta praevia with heavy bleeding, and the PAS – Placenta Accreta Spectrum. All these conditions recquire a rapid differential diagnosis where ultrasonography is useful in adopting a tailored management either conservative or radical, in avoidance of haemorhagic accidents or even death and, when needed, in fertility sparing.

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Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Relapse Detected by Positron Emission Tomography

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) are soft tissue tumors showing neuroectodermal differentiation. They arise in connection to a major nerve trunk, a peripheral nerve or a preexisting neuroma in patients with hereditary neurofibromatosis type 1. [1, 2] They usually develop in the deep soft tissue between anatomic compartments, the root of the limbs (inguinal region, the axilla) being one of the most common sites of occurrence.

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The Rubens Flap - Breast Reconstruction - Anatomical Dissection on a Cadaver

The concealment of cutaneous and subcutaneous defects has always been a challenge in surgery. The breast is one of the most important and defining elements of feminine beauty. Neoplastic pathology has always made it difficult to aesthetically repair the extirpated mammary tissue. Plastic and aesthetic surgery and reconstructive microsurgery, through microsurgical techniques of autologous free flap transfers, try to solve these problems.

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The Inferior Gluteal Flap - Breast Reconstruction - Anatomic Dissection on a Cadaver

The breast has been the expression of beauty and fertility since ancient times. The aesthetic reconstruction of the breast is and has been a challenge for plastic surgeons. Microsurgical techniques of dissection and free transfer are commonly used. During the dissection of one fresh, female cadaver, age 67, a free inferior gluteal flap was taken from gluteal region, using loupe magnification. The dissection preparations were photographed with a high definition camera.

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