Pregnancy, the implantation of a fertilized ovum outside the endometrial cavity, occurs in 1.5%-2% of pregnancies. It is one of the major causes (about 6%) of maternal death during the first trimester of pregnancy. The remaining 5% implant in the ovary, peritoneal cavity, within the cervix, and the omental pregnancy is the least common form of abdominal pregnancies. A review of the literature o...

As part of the Lancet fertility preservation Series, Michel De Vos and colleagues (Oct 4, p 1302) presented a concise overview of fertility preservation methods for women with cancer. Here, we aim to emphasise that contraception counselling is just as important. Of the patients registered in our Cancer in Pregnancy database, 29 (3%) became pregnant during cancer staging or treatment. Median age...

Over a six-month-period, from 1st March 1988 to 30th September 1988, 127 patients suspected of having ectopic gestation at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) were referred for sonographic examination, of whom 100 (78.7%) had enough data for a final diagnosis. During sonography, ectopic pregnancy was diagnosed in 31 (31%) patients, out of whom 15 (48.4%) were confirmed to have ectopic gestatio...

Background. Acute intestinal obstruction during pregnancy is a very challenging and unusual nonobstetric surgical entity often linked with considerable fetomaternal morbidity and mortality. When it is synchronous with abdominal pregnancy, it is even rarer. Case Presentation. A 28-year-old lady in her second pregnancy was referred to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria, a...

ObjectiveTo determine if high alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level in vaginal blood collected on a sanitary pad can assist with detecting an active miscarriage.DesignA prospective cohort study.SettingAcademic medical center.Patient(s)Five groups were evaluated: women miscarriage, pregnancy of unknown location, completed miscarriage or extrauterine (EUP), ongoing pregnancy, and undergoing elective dila...

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 Appendicitis is the most common cause of extrauterine acute abdomen during pregnancy. There are scoring systems, such as Alvarado, based on physical examination and laboratory values developed for diagnosis appendicitis in general population. However, when it comes to pregnant women, effectiveness methods used daily practice decreases considerably. In our study, we aimed share d...

Extrauterine epithelioid trophoblastic tumors constitute an extremely rare gestational trophoblastic disease. We report the case of an extrauterine trophoblastic tumor that was incidentally detected in the left lung. Squamous cell carcinoma was suspected after microscopically examining the specimen obtained upon preoperative needle biopsy. After surgery, the tumor was confirmed by microscopic f...

The third trimester of pregnancy is the most critical period for human brain development, during which significant changes occur in morphology brain. development sulci and gyri allows a considerable increase surface. In preterm newborns, these an extrauterine environment that may cause disruption normal maturation process. We hypothesize normalized atlas with cerebral ultrasound images from bir...