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Introduction:
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) is a RNA virus that cause coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The clinical spectrum SARS-COV-2 infection ranges from asymptomatic infection to critical and fatal illness. The expression of host receptor for SARS-CoV-2 cell entry in placental tissue and the identification of...
Uterine leiomyomas are the most common gynecologic tumors and occur commonly in women of reproductive age . Frequently they are asymptomatic, but they can present with abnormal uterine bleeding, abdominal pain and pressure symptoms if there is a large tumor size . Hemoperitoneum due to spontaneous bleeding from a uterine leiomyoma is an extremely r...
Background/aims:
Urinary tract endometriosis is rare. The bladder is the most common site affected. The nonspecific symptoms can make a diagnosis difficult. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and surgical outcomes in women who underwent surgical treatment for bladder endometriosis (BE).
Methods:
Ten patients who underwent surgica...
Introduction: Leiomyomas are the most frequent benign gynae- cological neoplasia and a common cause of morbidity in women of reproductive age. Surgical treatment is recommended when they become symptomatic, being laparoscopic myomectomy a thera- peutic option for women who wish to preserve their fertility or do not accept losing their uterus.
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Enlargement of the fetal spleen is usually found secondary to systemic diseases and is frequently associated with hepatomegaly. By far, the most common causes of fetal splenomegaly are infectious. Other etiologies responsible for this sign are hemolytic anemia, congestive cardiac failure, metabolic disorders, and rarely, leukemia, lymphoma, and his...
We report all the cases of cervical pregnancy managed in our institution in the past ten years. One of them was treated with methotrexate. The other one was the result of in vitro fertilization, leading to an early embryo reduction. The last one was misdiagnosed as an uterine abortion and was submitted to dilatation and curettage with profuse bleed...
Anorectal malformations are a rare condition difficult to diagnose in the prenatal period. It can be suspected if distal bowel appears dilated in the first-trimester ultrasound or if intraluminal echogenic foci are detected during the second-trimester scan. We report a case with these ultrasound signs (dilated sigmoid at the first trimester and int...
The objective of this article is to evaluate the impact of pregnancy in women with prolactinoma, the possible consequences of therapy maintenance/discontinuation during pregnancy and to assess the type of delivery and maternal-foetal obstetrical outcome. A retrospective study of all pregnant women with prolactinoma in our Centre between 2006 and 20...
