A 32-year-old woman nullipara at 8 weeks of gestation presented with moderate cramping abdominal pain and light metrorrhagia. Her obstetric history was significant for IVF. On examination, her vital signs were within normal limits she demonstrated only on deep palpation in lower quadrants. blood test compatible the gestational age. transvaginal ultrasound performed showed: intrauterine pregnanc...

We recently showed that endometrial tissue produces hCG during the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle. Based on these findings, we hypothesized that the decidua should also be able to secrete hCG. We examined the decidualized endometrium of patients with extrauterine pregnancies. Decidual specimens were obtained for mRNA extraction and paraffin embedding from 24 patients that were between w...

BACKGROUND While ectopic pregnancies account for 1-2% of all pregnancies, abdominal pregnancy is extremely rare, accounting for approximately 1% of ectopic pregnancies. Extrauterine abdominal pregnancy is defined as the implantation and development of an embryo in the peritoneal cavity. The present report is the first of an incidental case of abdominal pregnancy within four full-term foetus sim...

The classic symptoms of ectopic pregnancy are secondary amenorrhoea, abdominal pain and vaginal haemorrhage, with a clinical picture of varying acuteness. It is among the commonest causes of maternal mortality during the first three months of pregnancy. In the majority of cases (95%) the pregnancy is tubal, but other sites are possible (cervical, corneal, ovarian, peritoneal). In the treatment ...

Preterm Birth The majority of epidemiological studies in developmental programming have explored the influence of low birth weight (irrespective of gestational age) on long-term chronic disease in individuals born during the first half of the 20th century. Low birth weight neonates may represent infants born at term with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) or born preterm with or without IUG...

Background: Ectopic pregnancy is an early complication of with high morbidity and mortality. Several studies have examined a history endometriosis IUD use as risk factors for ectopic pregnancy, but shown mixed results. This study aims to analyze the influence on incidence based previous primary studies. Subjects Method: research systematic review meta-analysis conducted PRISMA flow diagram guid...

At the time when most preterm babies are delivered, nephrogenesis is still ongoing, with the majority of nephrons normally formed during the third trimester of pregnancy. The extrauterine environment, however, is suboptimal for organogenesis, and therefore renal development is likely to be adversely affected by preterm birth. In the long-term, there is emerging evidence of high blood pressure a...

as a tumor composed of admixed benign epithelial and malignant nonepithelial components, and this tumor usually develops as a solitary lesion in the uterine corpus (1). These neoplasms can develop in the endometrial tissue as well as in the ectopic foci of endometriosis. Rare extrauterine müllerian adenosarcomas have been reported to arise in the ovary, cervix, vagina, pelvis, bladder and colon...

OBJECTIVE To determine the role of emergency ultrasound examination in the diagnosis and management of ectopic pregnancy. METHODS A descriptive study done at the Radiology Department, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi from January 1999 to December 2000 using observational facts by non-probability convenient sampling method. Seventy one patients who presented with acute symptoms in early p...