Clostridium perfringens (CP) is an anaerobic, Gram-positive bacillus associated with malignant diseases and near-term pregnancies. The necrotic tissue that results from these disease processes fuels the proliferation of CP, leading to gas gangrene and subsequently sepsis. Herein, we report a case of a 41-year-old female patient with a history of invasive molar pregnancy that was further complic...

tubal ectopic hydatidiform mole is an uncommon but very important complication of pregnancy. the clinical manifestation is the same as ectopic pregnancy and in all of the cases management was the same as tubal ectopic pregnancy. we present a case of tubal ectopic pregnancy that after laparotomy and salpingectomy, pathologic examination reported hydatidiform mole within ectopic gestational tissu...

BACKGROUND: The aim of this population-based retrospective study was to evaluate the trend in the incidence of molar pregnancy. METHODS: Questionnaires about the occurrence of hydatidiform mole were mailed to all clinics and hospitals in Chiba Prefecture between 1974 and 2000. The diagnosis of hydatidiform mole was based on the post-operative morphological and/or pathological ®ndings. Data of l...

are of the greatest interest and importance; yet it must be confessed that attention has been paid to them by obstetricians only of recent years, and our knowledge is as yet of the scantiest description. The reason for this has probably been that the interest in such cases has been divided, the obstetrician being specially concerned with the clinical features, and only languidly hitherto in the...

The successful establishment of invasive species has been shown to depend on aspects of the invaded community, such as gap characteristics. Biotic resistance may be particularly critical for stopping invaders at early life history stages, but new species can often invade following disturbances, which may create microsites with very different characteristics than are usually present. We examine ...