BACKGROUND Although the risk factors of ectopic pregnancy have been determined in previous studies, the main risk factors of ectopic pregnancy are different in various countries due to different cultural and social characteristics. Determination of main risk factors of ectopic pregnancy leads to a rapid diagnosis and an improvement in strategies for its prevention. The purpose of this study was...

CHEST I 93 I 3 I MARCH, 1988 647 In summary, we report the first patient with bilateral pneumothoraces, bilateral empyemas and baeteremia resuiting from the common practice of illicit drug injection into the internal jugular veins. Needle marks in the supraclavicular area in dyspneic patients suspected of intravenous drug abuse should alert physicians to the possibility of these potentially lif...

Intravesical ectopic pregnancy is a very rare condition. Unlike traditional pregnancies, patients generally present with hematuria. Our case presented abdominal pain and urinary bleeding. Abdominal tenderness was observed on physical examination. The ß-HCG measured as 10033 IU / ml. In ultrasonography, an appearance compatible vesicouterine fistula tract gestational sac in the bladder were obse...

Background: No consensus has been reached on prognostic value of serum concentration of β (beta) subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) in treatment response to methotrexate in management of ectopic pregnancy. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate this subject through a systematic review and meta-analysis. Materials and Methods: An extensive literature search on online databas...

a case of ectopic fascioliasis due to migration of an immature fasciola hepatica fluke is described in a 23 year old woman from western iran.

Thb eight cases of ectopic gestation here reported have been treated during the past year in the Government Maternity Hospital, Madras and, as a whole, they are instruct ive and interesting. I may premise my remarks by stating the routine treatment employed in the hospital in all cases of abdominal section. The abdomen is first washed with soap and water, then turpentine is rubbed over it, and ...

Ectopic breast tissue is reported to occur in 0.4% 6% of women. Breast neoplasms may develop in ectopic breast tissue, as in eutopic breast tissue. The most frequent condition in ectopic breast is breast cancer. Fibroadenomas of ectopic breast tissue have been reported, but are rare. We report two cases of fibroadenomas of ectopic axillary breast tissues. The sonographic appearance of the nodul...

BACKGROUND Ectopic thyroid is a rare disease. In the present study at the 9th People's Hospital in Shanghai, China, 42 patients' ectopic thyroid glands between the neck and maxillofacial region were subjected to a retrospective and transverse study based on data from 1978 to 2012 to explore the natural characteristics of ectopic thyroid. METHODS The patients' clinical data were collected. In ...