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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410149

Silver Russel Syndrome and Pregnancy

Juliana Barroso Zimmermmann, Adrianne Maria Berno de Rezende Duarte, Alexander Cangussu Silva, Patrícia de Oliveira Lima, Sophia Helena Batalha, Caroline Souza e Silva, Isadora Marinho de Sousa Bechtlufft, Analu Brito Mendes, Fernanda Coelho Ataydes Seabra, Júlia Alcântara Costa, Ana Clara Furtado Andreatta, Victória da Silva Coelho, Júlia Machado Azevedo de Freitas, Jorge Silveira Júnior, Isabela Rufini Gonçalves, Clarissa Rocha Panconi and André Luiz J

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 27, 2019

Silver-Russell syndrome is characterized by decreased intrauterine and postnatal growth, facial dysmorphia (triangular face), clinodactyly of the fifth finger, eating problems and body asymmetry, with a frequency of 1:50,000 to 1:100,000 live births. There are reports of rare familial cases with dominant autosomal, recessive autosomal and/or linked to the X and also of unknown etiology. ...

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410148

Serum Transaminases Elevations to Predict Adverse Outcomes of Preeclampsia

Elkhoudri N, Fatima Zahra Marhoume, Amor H and Baali A

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: May 27, 2019

Eclampsia is characterized clinically by hypertension, edema, proteinuria, and seizures in women during the second half of pregnancy or in the immediate postpartum period. The pathophysiology remains unclear. One proposed mechanism is that cerebral vasospasm induced by severe hypertension results in ischemia and consequent cytotoxic edema. This is supported by angiographic findings of diffuse or focal vasospasm and by infarctions in some patients....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410147

Prognostic Factors for Secondary Cytoreductive Surgery in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

Alice Savescu, IrinaBalescu, and Nicolae Bacalbasa

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: May 27, 2019

Ovarian cancer is an aggressive and lethal gynaecologic malignant disease with high capacity of relapse even if complete cytoreductive surgery is performed at the moment of the initial diagnosis. Once the relapses occur large studies focused on the subject of the best therapeutic protocol in order to achieve a good control of the disease. This is a literature review of the studies focused on this topic....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410146

Management of Fetal Supraventricular Tachycardia: Three Cases at a Single Institution

Rahel Ghenbot, MD, Veronica Gonzalez-Brown, MD and Kara Markham, MD

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: May 18, 2019

Fetal tachycardia complicates 1-2% of pregnancies, and a large percentage of these arrhythmias are supraventricular. Sustained fetal tachycardia can have serious complications for the fetus, including cardiovascular failure, nonimmune fetal hydrops, and fetal death. Management of fetal tachycardia depends on multiple factors. Here we present three different cases of fetal supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) and their management at a single institution....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-9004/1410144

A Rare Case of Large Uterine Myoma in an Antenatal Women with Situs Inversus: A Case Report

Harsharan Kaur and Naina Kumar

Article Type: Case Report | First Published: April 15, 2019

Leiomyomas or fibroids are the most common benign tumor of uterus and it often increases in size during pregnancy. Its incidence in pregnancy is approximately 1.5-2% and is associated with increased risk of complication during pregnancy including abortions, preterm labor, red degeneration, malpresentations, increased cesarean section rates, postpartum hemorrhage. We hereby, discuss a case of large multi-lobed uterine fibroid complicating the second trimester of pregnancy. Our patient presented w...

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