Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com abdominal mass. It is usually retroperitoneal or intraperitoneal but may also be present in scrotum or in cranial cavity [1]. Several theories have been given regarding the pathogenesis. One such theory explains the pathogenesis of fetus in fetu as ‘included twin theory’ in which the fetus in fetu represents an aberration of monochorionic diamniotic...

The potential complications associated with an adnexal mass discovered during early pregnancy call for surgical treatment. Ideally, surgery is performed after gestational week 12, but uterine expansion after the first trimester makes surgery difficult. We report two pregnancies complicated by adnexal masses for which we used an organ fixation device for safe performance of single-site umbilical...

Introduction: Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist triggers are increasingly used in antagonist vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles to prevent ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) following a robust response. The luteolytic effects of GnRH agonists inhibit implantation or spontaneous pregnancy, warranting freezing available blastocysts for future transfer after the risk OHSS subsides....

BACKGROUND Relatively little is known about the neurodevelopmental and behavioral outcomes of monochorionic diamniotic (MCDA) twin pregnancies where there are no antenatal complications peculiar to monochorionicity or prematurity. METHODS Twenty-two MCDA twins (44 children) with an average age of 4.3 years, and with no antenatal complications detected by 28 weeks of gestation, were recruited ...

Spontaneous haemoperitoneum in pregnancy (SHiP) due to endometriosis is a very rare condition and this is a case of a 41-year-old primigravida, who presented at 32 weeks with sudden onset of severe lower abdominal pain without any uterine activity. This was a dichorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancy, following in vitro fertilisation for subfertility secondary to severe endometriosis. On admission,...

Case 1. A 1150 g girl, first of twins, was delivered by Cesarean section to 24 year-old-primigravida at 30 weeks gestation. The mother did not have any medical or surgical illness. The second twin was a 1250 g baby girl. The placenta was monochorionic diamniotic, weighed 750 g and was grossly normal. The first baby had clinical and radiological features of respiratory distress syndrome. At birt...

Aims To evaluate the influence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on perinatal outcomes twin pregnancies and its impact fetal growth profiles offspring from 6 weeks to 12 months corrected age. Methods A longitudinal cohort study was conducted among pregnant women with twins their offspring. All information child trajectories age were obtained analyzed using a general linear model logistic r...

OBJECTIVE To determine if cervical cerclage reduces the rate of spontaneous early preterm birth in cases of dichorionic-diamniotic (DCDA) twin gestation with an ultrasound-detected short cervix. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study of 40 consecutive DCDA twin gestations at Saint Peter's University Hospital from November 2006 to November 2014 in which cervical cerclage was performed f...

BACKGROUND Ultrasonographic features of the underlying hemodynamic changes in twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) may be present at the first trimester scan. AIMS To investigate the value of intertwin discordance in nuchal translucency (NT) thickness and crown-rump length (CRL) to predict TTTS and other adverse outcomes. STUDY DESIGN Cohort study. SUBJECTS One hundred and thirty-five un...