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Para avaliar o desempenho da colpocitologia (CO) de encaminhamento e daquela coletada no serviço de referência, com revisão por diferentes técnicas e observadores, e da captura híbrida II (CH II) no diagnóstico da neoplasia intra-epitelial cervical (NIC) de alto grau, foram incluídas 105 mulheres atendidas entre agosto de 2000 e junho de 2001 por atipias pré-neoplásicas na CO. Todas foram submetidas à coleta de nova CO e CH II para detecção do DNA-HPV. Foi realizada biópsia cervical em 91, sendo o diagnóstico histológico considerado padrão ouro. Foram descritas a sensibilidade, especificidade e razão de verossimilhança positiva (RVP) dos métodos propedêuticos com intervalo de confiança de 95% (IC95%). A sensibilidade e especificidade da CO de encaminhamento foi de 57% e 82% para o diagnóstico de NIC 2 e 3, e a RVP de 3,2 (IC95%: 1,5-6,8). A CO do serviço mostrou uma sensibilidade e especificidade 79% e 84%, respectivamente e RVP de 5,0 (IC95%: 2,5-10,0). A sensibilidade (86%), especificidade (80%) e RVP (4,3) foram semelhantes com a revisão lenta realizada pelo segundo observador, havendo uma queda significativa da sensibilidade (64%) à revisão rápida pelo terceiro observador. A CH II mostrou alta sensibilidade (100%), baixa especificidade (43%) e baixa RVP (1,7, IC95%: 1,4-2,2).

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Hamartomas of the bile duct (von Meyenburg complex) are benign neoplasms of the liver, constituted histologically cystic dilatations of the bile duct, encompassed by fibrous stroma. We report a 42-year-old female patient with symptomatic cholecystitis, whose gross and ultrasonic appearance suggestive of multiple liver metastases. Magnetic resonance imaging and liver biopsy are the gold standards for diagnosis of this rare hepatobiliary condition.

Objective: To evaluate the endometrium of menopausal women before and after six months use of total isoflavone., Methods: A non-controlled clinical, type "before and after" trial was carried out with 32 post-menopause women, between 40 and 60 years of age. They received 80 mg/day of total isoflavones obtained from Trifolium pratense (Climadilâ) during six months. They were evaluated at the beginning and end of treatment by transvaginal pelvic ecography, hysteroscopy and endometrial biopsy., Data Analysis: Data collected were registered by means of the Epi info, version 6.04 b software, data analysis was made using the SAS version 8.2 statistics program, considering a significance level (alpha) of 0.05 and a 0.80 power (1-beta). In order to study the average variation of endometrial thickness and variation of the hysteroscopic and hystologic findings the t Student test for paired data was used., Results: Among the 32 participant women, six presented vaginal bleeding and three presented endometrial alteration when compared to the initial exams. Two of the women developed endometrial cell proliferation and one of them endometrial hyperplasia. There were no significant alterations in relation to endometrial thickness., Conclusion: In this study, three women who used isoflavones during the six month period presented endometrial activity.

Unlabelled: To evaluate the performance of initial cervical cytology and that collected at the reference service with a review conducted by different observers and techniques, as well as hybrid capture II, in the diagnosis of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), 105 women attended from August 2000 to June 2001 for preneoplastic atypia upon cervical cytology were included. A new cervical cytology and hybrid capture II for DNA-HPV were conducted in all the patients. Cervical biopsies were taken in 91 women. Performance of the investigative procedures was described by estimating the sensitivity, specificity, and positive likelihood ratio (PLR), with a 95% confidence interval (95% CI), considering histological diagnosis the gold standard., Results: initial cervical cytology showed sensitivity and specificity of 57% and 82% for diagnosis of CIN grades 2 and 3, with a PLR of 3.2 (95% CI: 1.5-6.8). Referral cervical cytology showed a sensitivity and specificity for CIN 2 and 3 of 79% and 84%, respectively, with a PLR of 5.0 (95% CI: 2.5-10.0). Sensitivity (86%), specificity (80%), and PLR (4.3) were similar when a second observer (using a routine technique) reviewed the slide. Using rapid revision by a third observer, the sensitivity was significantly lower (64%). Hybrid capture II showed a high sensitivity (100%), low specificity (43%), and low PLR (1.7, 95% CI: 1.4-2.2).