A 27-years-old primigravida, at 30 weeks of gestation, was transferred to our tertiary care obstetric centre. On initial assessment, she was found to have fever (38.5 °C), dyspnoea (26 breaths per minute), altered mental status (drowsiness), tachycardia (110 beat per minute) and hypotension (80/50 mmHg). The patient started feeling sick following percutaneous ultrasound (US) guided ovarian cyst aspiration that was performed at an outpatient clinic 2 days before her presentation. Basically, the ...

Current recommendations for pregnant women with cervical cancer depend on several factors, such as the stage of the disease, the gestational age at the time of diagnosis, and the patient’s desire to maintain the pregnancy. This report describes the case of a 24 weeks pregnant woman with stage IB2 cervical cancer who was successfully treated with three cycles of platinum-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by a simultaneous Сaesarean section and radical hysterectomy. Her newborn daughter w...

Superfetation is a when second ovum is fertilized after there is already presence of an embryo in the uterine cavity. Human superfetation is extremely rare with less than 10 cases in the literature. According to previous research, the diagnosis of superfetation is suspected when there is a growth discrepancy in a multiple pregnancy. We present a case of a 35-year-old gravid 1 para 0 who presented to her OB/GYN at 7 weeks by known last menstrual period (LMP) for her first prenatal visit. She was ...

A 23-year-old primigravida with unknown last menstrual period and 20 weeks gestation by ultrasound presented to Daeyang Luke Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi with a history of headache, fever, vomiting and new-onset of convulsions. At the time of her admission the full blood count instrument at our hospital was out of service. A rapid blood test for malaria was positive. After an initial blood pressure of 164/127 and 3+ proteinuria on urinary dipstick the diagnosis of eclampsia was made. She was giv...