BACKGROUND: Research question: Is there any difference in the outcome between Adolescent pregnancy and pregnancy in the adult mothers i.e. 20 – 29 yrs. Aim: To compare the perinatal and maternal outcome of pregnancy between the adolescent and older primigravidae. MATERIALS AND METHODS: It was a Hospital-based comparison study. 100 adolescent primigravidae who delivered in the teaching hospital ...

Indigenous people, specifically American Indians (AI), have historically had a greater mistrust of the medical system compared to their White counterparts. The purpose of this paper is to explore the perceptions of AI adolescent girls living in an urban, Midwest area about health care providers, health care systems, and access to health care as related to sexual health care. Using grounded theo...

malignant mixed germ cell tumors,though rare overall, are the most common type of malignant ovarian neoplasms in young and adolescent girls. these tumors are rapidly growing and can metastasize. we report a case of 13-yr-old girl who presented at shkm gmc, nalhar, mewat, haryana, india in december 2013 with huge abdominal lump of a malignant mixed germ cell tumor comprising both immature terato...

In this short presentation I will attempt to accomplish a couple of different goals. First, I will discuss a series of recent cases that set out the doctrine for biotechnology patenting. Judge Lourie of the Federal Circuit has written most of the opinions, and recently one or two other judges have joined in. Looking at these cases is much like looking at a wonderful machine, as the cases progre...

A 13-year old girl presented with abdominal pain and upper abdominal fullness for 4 months. On examination, there was a large, smooth, and firm lump palpable involving the left hypochondrium, epigastrium, left lumbar region, and reaching almost up to the umbilicus. It was moving with respiration and the upper limit was not reachable. Rest of the examination was normal. All routine hematological...

Ovarian cysts are an extremely common gynecological problem in adolescent. Majority of ovarian cysts are benign with few cases being malignant. Ovarian serous cystadenoma are rare in children. A 14-year-old presented with abdominal pain and severe abdominal distention. She underwent laparotomy and after surgical removal, the mass was found to be ovarian serous cystadenoma on histology. In concl...

A 12-year-old female patient presented with nonspecific symptoms including fatigue, fever, and headache persisting for approximately 4 months. Plasma ammonia was 230 μg/dL (135 μmol/L) (critical value >187 μg/dL or 110 μmol/L). The patient was referred to a pediatric emergency center for urgent evaluation of hyperammonemia. Plasma and urine amino acid testing was performed to investigate the po...