Ovarian Torsion in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy Leading to Iatrogenic Preterm Delivery by Evangelia Vlachodimitropoulou Koumoutsea, Manish Gupta, Antony Hollingworth, Anwen Gorry

“…Ultrasonography described a cystic lesion 6 × 3 cm in the right adnexa, potentially a degenerating fibroid or a torted right ovary. MRI of the pelvis was unable to provide further clarity. …”
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Morphometrics and Reproductive Characteristics of the Freshwater Crab Sartoriana spinigera from the Habitat of Ratargul Swamp Forest, Bangladesh: An Approach to Conservation by Sanjida Akther, Mohammad Amzad Hossain, Debasish Pandit, Thouhidur Rahman Chowdhury, Sohel Mian

“…The fertilization was 1297 ± 629 ova, the ovary weight was 447.22 ± 359.39 mg, and the egg diameter was 375.15 ± 130.18 µm. …”
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Laparoscopic Adnexal Detorsion in a 20-Week Pregnant Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review by Rawad Halimeh, Serge Tomassian, Maria El Hage, Nicole Metri, Marianne Bersaoui, Rafi Daou, Elie Anastasiadis

“…Adnexal torsion occurs when there is a complete turn of the ovary, tube, or both resulting in impaired blood flow to the ovary. …”
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Ovarian Adenomatoid Tumor Coexisting with Mature Cystic Teratoma: A Rare Case Report by Mingxia Shi, Firas Al-Delfi, Majd Al Shaarani, Kurt Knowles, James Cotelingam

“…Adenomatoid tumor of the ovary is rare, and so are collision tumors in this location. …”
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A bioinformatic approach to characterize the vitellogenin receptor and the low density lipoprotein receptor superfamily in the newt Cynops orientalis by Chiara Spinsante, Federica Carducci, Elisa Carotti, Adriana Canapa, Davide Bizzaro, Maria Assunta Biscotti, Marco Barucca

“…In oviparous animals, the VLDL receptor is also known as VTGR since it facilitates the uptake of vitellogenin in ovary. In tetrapods, information concerning genes encoding these proteins is limited to a few taxa. …”
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GLP-1/GLP-1R Signaling Regulates Ovarian PCOS-Associated Granulosa Cells Proliferation and Antiapoptosis by Modification of Forkhead Box Protein O1 Phosphorylation Sites by Zhihua Sun, Peiyi Li, Xiao Wang, Shuchang Lai, Hong Qiu, Zhi Chen, Shidi Hu, Jie Yao, Jie Shen

“…As the major cause of female anovulatory infertility, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) affects a great proportion of women at childbearing age. …”
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Massive Hematometra due to Congenital Cervicovaginal Agenesis in an Adolescent Girl Treated by Hysterectomy: A Case Report by Turki Gasim, Fathia E. Al Jama

“…She was managed by abdominal hysterectomy and right salpingo-oophorectomy that included the ovarian cystadenoma. The left ovary was conserved. This treatment was considered appropriate for this patient.…”
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Steroid Cell Tumour in Pregnancy: Reflection on a Rare Case and Review of the Literature by J. Weishaupt, U. Herbst

“…Here, we present an exceptionally rare case of a steroid cell tumour arising from the ovary in early pregnancy.…”
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p16 is Consistently Expressed in Endometrial Tubal Metaplasia by N. Horree, A. P. M. Heintz, D. M. D. S. Sie-Go, P.J. van Diest

“…Mosaic expression was also seen in a ciliated cell tumor of the ovary and in 18/39 of endometrioid endometrial carcinomas, and diffuse p16 expression was seen in 5/5 serous carcinomas. …”
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Molecular Characterization and Expression of <i>unc-13d</i> in the Sex Reversal of <i>Monopterus albus</i> by Zitong Lian, Fang Meng, Xueping Xia, Junchao Fang, Haifeng Tian, Qiaomu Hu

“…We found that the expression of <i>unc-13d</i> in the ovotestis was higher than in the ovary and testes. A strong signal of <i>unc-13d</i> was detected in oocytes and granulosa cells in the ovary and spermatogonia and primary spermatocytes in the testes. …”
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A METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGES BASED ON SUPERPIXEL DICTIONARIES by V. A. Liauchuk, V. A. Kovalev

“…The method has been tested on the tasks of recognition of biomedical images of three types: lung CT images, histology images of ovary and thyroid tissues. The results of the experiments performed suggest that the method proposed may provide recognition performance comparable or better than when using conventional methods of texture description.…”
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Androgen Excess Disorders in Women: The Severe Insulin-Resistant Hyperandrogenic Syndrome, HAIR-AN by Kristin M. Rager, Hatim A. Omar

“…HAIR-AN syndrome (hyperandrogenism, insulin resistance, acanthosis nigricans) is a subset of the polycystic ovary syndrome, where the patients demonstrate severe insulin resistance. …”
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Appearances Are Deceptive: Two Case Reports in Teenagers on the Conservative Laparoscopic Surgery for Adnexal Torsion with Apparent Infarction by A. Jayawardane, M. Patabendige, C. Gunathilaka

“…Introduction. Torsion of the ovary, tube, or both is estimated to be responsible for 2-7% of all gynaecological emergencies. …”
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Cell Therapy for Chemically Induced Ovarian Failure in Mice by Paula Terraciano, Tuane Garcez, Laura Ayres, Isabel Durli, Melchiani Baggio, Cristiana Palma Kuhl, Claudia Laurino, Eduardo Passos, Ana Helena Paz, Elizabeth Cirne-Lima

“…For cell tracking, adipose derived stem cell GFP+ (ADSC), female germline stem cell GFP+/MVH+ (FGSC), or ovary cell suspension GFP+ mice were transplanted into cisplatin-treated wild-type recipients. …”
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Action Mechanisms of Metformin Combined with Exenatide and Metformin Only in the Treatment of PCOS in Obese Patients by Jingwen Gan, Jie Chen, Rui-lin Ma, Yan Deng, Xue-song Ding, Shi-yang Zhu, Ai-jun Sun

“…Background. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disease in women of reproductive age, whose clinical characteristics are hyperandrogenism (HA), ovulatory dysfunction, and polycystic ovary, often accompanied by insulin resistance (IR) and metabolic abnormalities. …”
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A Case of Recurrent Hemorrhagic Corpus Luteum with Elevated Follicle-Stimulating Hormone, Controlled by Estrogen/Gestagen Therapy by Yoshihide Inayama, Koji Yamanoi, Baku Nakakita, Shimpei Shitanaka, Jumpei Ogura, Tsutomu Ohara, Mie Sakai, Haruka Suzuki, Koji Yasumoto, Ichiro Kishimoto, Yusuke Sagae, Yoshimi Kitawaki, Koh Suginami

“…FGA was suspected, but no evidence of tumor was identified. The left ovary enlarged again at one-month follow-up. Estrogen/gestagen therapy (EGT) was started, which reduced the enlarged ovary to normal size. …”
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A Rare Case of Spontaneous Heterotopic Pregnancy at 12&nbsp;weeks of Gestation Following Natural Conception With Literature Review by Wang F, Xu Y, Dong X, Jiang P, Yu QQ

“…Transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) revealed a single live fetus in the uterus, estimated at 12 weeks and six days, alongside a thick-walled cystic structure in the right ovary and an irregular hypoechoic mass inferior to the right ovary. …”
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Queen Size Variation in the Ponerine Ant Ponera coarctata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by J. Liebig, J. Heinze, B. Hölldobler

“…Queen size varies less within colonies than between colonies, and thus appears to be colony specific. Ovary length apparently varies with queen size. Similar size variations as in queens also occured in males, but not in workers.…”
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Spontaneous Ovarian Pregnancy and Over Protective Management: A Case Report by Hatice Ender Soydinç, Mehmet Sıddık Evsen, Muhammet Erdal Sak, Fatmanur Çaça, Ali Özler

“…A gestation sac of 6 weeks was detected in the right ovary by transvaginal sonography. Emergency laparotomy and extirpation of the ectopic tissue was performed. …”
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Ovarian Mixed Malignant Brenner-Mucinous Tumor with Signet Ring Cells by Baharak Khadang, Atilla Omeroglu

“…Mucinous carcinomas with signet ring cells in the ovary, particularly those composed predominantly of signet ring cells, are extremely rare, and in vast majority of cases, they represent metastasis from another site such as the stomach, appendix, pancreaticobiliary tract, bladder, and breast (Hristov et al., 2007, Kiyokawa et al., 2006, Vang et al., 2006, Young, 2006). …”
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