Background. The breech extraction of the fetus through the vagina has a greater risk of hip fracture compared with the extraction by abdominal route. Case. A 2390 g female infant was delivered at 39 weeks by elective cesarean section for breech presentation. The newborn sustained a fracture of the right femur. A simple immobilization of the limb in extension led to a complete healing of the fra...

Breech presentation occurs in 3 to 4% of all term pregnancies [1]. Vaginal breech delivery rate has declined significantly since the Term Breech Trial, which showed lower serious perinatal mortality and neonatal morbidity after planned caesarean section delivery at term [1]. External cephalic version (ECV) is proven effective to prevent vaginal breech births and Caesarean sections [2]. The fetu...

introduction: brain abscess in pregnancy is very rare, which mostly progresses to neurological abnormalities. case presentation: the patient is a 24-year-old pregnant woman. she was referred to saitama hospital due to severe headache and nausea on october 2008. brain mri detected a 1.5 cm abscess mass with extensive edema in the right frontal lobe. we performed intensive therapy using some anti...

Introduction: Delusion of pregnancy is a bizarre delusion in which one feels s/he is carrying a fetus. The etiology is unknown, but aloneness, masturbation, and stress may precipitate this disorder. Case Presentation: We introduce a young, single man who has delusions of pregnancy. This type of delusion is not a well-known disorder; based on investigated ...

A case of pregnancy associated with neurotoxic snake bite presenting Neuropathic symptoms and systemic envenomation complicated by disseminated intravascular bleeding is uncommon. We present a 22-year-old Primigravida at 32 weeks gestation on left-hand, left-hand swelling, nasal neuropathic signs. At presentation, there was pallor, tachycardia, hypotension, gravid uterus single live fetus, &amp...

Background Snake bite in the third trimester of pregnancy with late presentation, systemic envenomation; disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and delivery of a live neonate is uncommon in a low resource setting. Case We present a 22 year old unbooked Gravida 3 Para 1+ 1 1alive lentiviral positive woman at 32 weeks gestation with snake bite, leg swelling, vaginal bleeding and labour pains. ...

A 34-year-old heroin addict in the eighth month of pregnancy was found dead in her apartment. The head of a fetus was partly protruding from underneath the woman's slip. At the time of autopsy, the body was in a state of advanced putrefaction with greenish discoloration of almost the complete body surface showing pronounced marbling and, in addition, now not only the head but also the upper par...

BACKGROUND Prenatal exposure of mother to valproate (VPA) causes teratogenic effects in the fetus, namely fetal valproate syndrome (FVS). We report a case of fetal valproate syndrome rarely diagnosed by prenatal sonographic examination. CASE PRESENTATION Our patient was a female infant who was born to a 27-year-old nulliparous Japanese woman with epilepsy. The mother was diagnosed with infant...

Objective: Placental implants in the cervical canal may occur result patients with placenta previa that lead to bleeding after placental removal. Bleeding from can be stopped by inserting Cook Ripening Balloon. Case Presentation: A 31-week pregnant an was brought emergency clinic a complaint of vaginal bleeding, and active observed. Ultrasonography showed fetus fetal bradycardia previa. The pat...