Valvular heart disease may be a pre-existing complication of pregnancy or it may be diagnosed for the first time during pregnancy. Accurate diagnosis, tailored therapy and an understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of pregnancy are necessary components of management, best achieved through the use of multidisciplinary clinics. This review outlines the management of specific lesions, ...

A bilateral cornual uterine dehiscence is reported, which occurred 14 weeks after in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in a patient having a medical history of previous bilateral salpingectomy via laparoscopy. Uterine rupture is a rare obstetric complication usually occurring during the third trimester of pregnancy within a uterus which has previously undergone an operation. Ectopic pregnancy is a well...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of perceived pregnancy complications and associated factors. METHODS During a census, 450 women identified themselves as pregnant and 388 were interviewed postpartum. RESULTS Complications were reported by 58.6%. Bleeding post-delivery was the most frequent complication (42.5%), followed by great pain (33.8%), bleeding during pregnancy (20.1%), and fever...

In the last trimester of an uncomplicated pregnancy a woman developed a spontaneous vitreous haemorrhage. She was later diagnosed as having HELLP syndrome, a recently described disorder comprising haemolytic anaemia, elevated liver enzymes, and a low platelet count in women with severe pre-eclampsia or eclampsia. We believe this rare complication of pregnancy to be the cause of the intraocular ...

Portal vein thrombosis is a rare but life-threatening complication during pregnancy and postpartum period. Color Doppler ultrasound is useful for prompt diagnosis. Although the risk of complications should be considered, successful pregnancy with comorbid portal vein thrombosis is possible with appropriate anticoagulation therapy and close monitoring.

INTRODUCTION Propylthiouracil-induced severe hepatotoxicity is a relatively rare occurrence, with very few cases reported in the literature. The management of this complication in pregnancy can be a challenge because of the effects of the various treatment options on the fetus. CASE PRESENTATION We report a rare case of fulminant hepatic failure in a 36-year-old gravida 2 black woman of Afric...

Teenage pregnancy is a major public health problem showing poor socio-demographic consequences while poor socioeconomic status shows the effects of weak national and local economies on health outcomes and limitation of resources which may reduce the availability of good-quality health services, including obstetric and neonatal care. The main objective of the study is to examine the risk of adve...

Pregnancy induced hypertension is one of the most common and challenging medical complication of pregnancy as this complex disease continues to defeat all efforts to bring about satisfactory and rewarding policy of management because of its poor understanding of pathological basics. It is the hypertension that results from direct gravid state and is one of the critical obstetric complications a...

Spontaneous subcapsular liver hematoma is rare but potentially life-threatening complication of pregnancy usually associated with severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets). We present here a case of such a large spontaneous liver hematoma presenting in pregnancy, but without other known associated abnormalities, which has not been described be...

First-trimester termination of pregnancy by medical or surgical route is highly effective with a low complication rate. Uterine abnormalities can complicate a procedure due to distortion of normal anatomy. In this case presentation, medical termination of pregnancy is performed using fetal intracardiac potassium chloride injection and intramuscular methotrexate.