title: [Phosphor/sulphur ratio: indicator of malignant uterine changes].
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to find a correlation between gynaecological diseases--myoma (26), adenocarcinoma uteri (21) - and P/S (phosphor/sulphur) ratios of different regions of uterus. Routine histological specimens were re-examined with the intention to select representative regions of the uteruses for element analysis. Conventional haematoxylineosin stained sections were used to identify histological alterations by light microscopy. Energy-dispersive spectroscopic (EDS) investigations were carried out to analyse the morphology and the related element composition of the samples. The results of the non-parametric statistical test (Wilcoxon two-sample test) indicate that the P/S ratios were significantly higher in adenocarcinoma (0.8891 +/- 0.0757) than in myoma (0.4713 +/- 0.0306). P/S ratio of different pathologic regions of uteruses seems worth examining in a larger study population.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Egyetem, Altalános Orvostudományi Kar, II. Szülészeti es Nogyógyászati Klinika.
authors.forename: Kálmán
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patai
authors.forename: Laszló
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dévényi
authors.forename: Márta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hubay
authors.forename: Beatrix
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Patai
authors.forename: Sándor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Csömör
authors.forename: Romána
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zelkó
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017553:Phosphorus Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D046590:Spectroscopy, Electron Energy-Loss; D013457:Sulfur Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D017553:Phosphorus Compounds; D013457:Sulfur Compounds