[Fetomaternal transfusion and diagnosis of gestational choriocarcinoma].

Choriocarcinoma is a rare but agressive malignant trophoblastic neoplasm. Fetomaternal transfusion can be the first sign of choriocarcinoma. We describe two cases of gestational choriocarinoma whose first manifestation was a fetomaternal transfusion.

[Frequency, persistence and recurrence of HPV lesions of the uterine cervix in HIV-seropositive women].

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency, persistence and risk of recurrence of human papillomavirus (HPV) lesions of the uterine cervix in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women.

Patients And Methods: To determine the frequency of such lesions, we compared 148 HIV-positive patients with 4862 HIV-negative patients who had a cervical smear test in Toulouse university hospital. To determine the persistence and recurrence rate of the lesions, we prospectively followed 63 of the HIV-positive patients.

[Metrorrhagia during the second trimester of pregnancy: obstetrical and perinatal outcome. A retrospective study including 85 cases].

Objective Of The Study: To examine pregnancy outcome in patients with second-trimester vaginal bleeding and to determine a relationship between presumed etiology and perinatal outcome.

Material: and methods: A retrospective study performed in Toulouse La Grave CHU between January 1993 and December 1997 including 85 cases of vaginal bleeding from 15 to 27 week's amenorrhea (90 fetuses). Results are compared to overall deliveries during the same period (14941 deliveries).