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Smears from 210 removed IUD's were taken in order to investigate them on actinomycetes. In 20 cases (9.5%) agglomeration of filaments and spores of actinomyces were found. All patients were free of complaints. During the control curettage carried out later on only in one of the cases actinomyces were found in the endometrium. Signs of serious inflammation couldn't be proved. In cases without any complaints no clinical consequences are to be followed after having found actinomyces on the removed IUD.

The problems of the development and treatment of lymphocysts following radical abdominal surgery with lymphadenectomy are described with reference to a case. Where intervention is necessary, incision with drainage is the treatment of choice.

Frequency of for distant metastases and intervall following curative treatment of cervical carcinoma are reported in cases with no local neoplasms recurrence. Main localizations in this clinical study are lungs, bones and liver. Causes and conclusions for metaphylexis are discussed.

When cytologic and colposcopic findings are atypical during pregnancy, a differentiated diagnostic approach is necessary for the sake of an undisturbed course of pregnancy. Scraping of the portio with cervical curettage--a procedure with a low complication rate--for provisional diagnosis (to rule out an invasive carcinoma) permits a definitive diagnosis to be established after lying-in. Problems are pointed out.

It is reported on 101 sarcomas of the female genitals which have been treated in the gynaecological department of the county hospital Dresden-Friedrich-stadt from 1950 to 1984. 79 of them had their origin at the corpus uteri. Results of treatment are discussed. The low frequency of the disease demands a centralized treatment. There is no optimal accompanying post-operative therapy, therefore it has to be found in future.

Report about the accuracy fractionized curettage in pretherapeutic determination of involvement of the cervix uteri in cases of endometrial cancer. Conformity was found only in 36,1%. By this a general application cannot be recommended. Alternative methods have been discussed.