INTRODUCTION The actual rate of multiple pregnancies is significantly larger than that observed during labor due to the fact that in the course of pregnancy intrauterine death of one or more fetuses may occur. CASE PRESENTATION A twenty-six old woman (GII, PII) reported to hospital in 26 weeks of DC/DA twin gestation complicated by intrauterine death of one fetus in the second trimester of a ...

BACKGROUND The choice of antipsychotic treatment during pregnancy remains controversial, mainly due to a lack of exposure and outcome data. Randomized clinical trials are practically impossible due to ethical reasons. Our reports describe three cases of closely monitored female patients with schizophrenia who were treated with olanzapine during pregnancy. The novelty of reports is that all pati...

BACKGROUND: Spontaneous monochorionic triamniotic pregnancy is rare and is at increased risk for pregnancy complications. The presence of an anomalous fetus further complicates the management. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of monochorionic triamniotic triplet pregnancy diagnosed at 15 weeks of gestation with one fetus having developed a multicystic lung lesion, suggestive of congenital c...

Bacteremia due to Campylobacter spp. is rarely reported, and Campylobacter fetus is the species most commonly exhibiting vascular tropism, as occurred in this case report describing the diagnosis of C. fetus bacteremia in an infant presenting with respiratory tract infection. A 5-month-old baby, with undiagnosed failure to thrive, presented to the acute care service with a high fever and respir...

Objectives . This study was conducted to investigate the presentation and outcome of patients with Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve . Background. Ebstein's anomaly may present at any age and has a highly variable clinical course . Previous natural history studies have been based on clinical and angiographic diagnosis and have included mainly older children and adults . Echocardiography,...

Objetivo: Ampliar o conhecimento acerca das patologias, especialmente na diferenciação diagnóstica de Fetus-in-Fetus (FIF) e teratoma. A partir do estudo da presente revisão bibliográfica, será possível identificar aspectos fisiopatológicos distintos dessas doenças, além diagnóstico diferencial.Métodos: Realizaram-se análises bases dados nacionais estrangeiras no período 2009 a 2023, relatos ca...