Ovarian vein thrombosis is a condition most commonly identified in the puerperium and in association with malignancy, pelvic infections, surgery and thrombophilia. We report a case of idiopathic ovarian vein thrombosis and therefore highlight the importance of considering the diagnosis in women presenting with lower abdominal pain, in whom more common diagnoses cannot be identified.

A single injection of hexoestrol, 45 mg., is effective in suppressing lactation. Given in this way hexoestrol causes a small rise in plasma factor IX levels, of shorter duration than that produced by a customary and equally effective oral course of stilboestrol. With hexoestrol the plasma factor IX levels reverted to normal by the sixth day of the puerperium.

El embarazo y el puerperio se consideran una situación de riesgo en mujeres con lupus eritematoso sistémico (LES) síndrome antifosfolípido (SAF). Es esencial que especialistas enfermedades autoinmunes alto intervengan su seguimiento forma coordinada. La Sociedad Española Ginecología Obstetricia, la Medicina Interna, Reumatología han constituido un grupo trabajo paritario para elaboración 3 docu...

Health services evaluation contributes to the reformulation and establishment of new health practices and improvement of health indicators. The purpose of this study was to describe breastfeeding prevalence in the sixth month in children who were born before and after the implementation of a children's morbid mortality reduction program, in the municipality of Campo Mourão, Paraná State, and to...