[Desmoid in a laparatomy scar].

A patient, aged 55, three years after having undergone abdominal histerectomy and adnexectomy for a myoma, developed a hard swelling near the surgical cut in the abdominal wall. A similar swelling appeared also in another patient, aged 33, as early as three months following salpingectomy for tubal pregnancy. In both cases these hard tumours radially permeating the facia and muscles were surgically removed and histologically verified as desmoids.

[Endometriosis in the episiotomy-cicatrix].

The endometriosis in the scar caused by episiotomy after delivery of twins has been shown, and the coalesced placentas have been peeled off. The first menstrual hemorrage began four weeks following the childbirth, and the first disorders in the scar appeared three months after child birth. A small number of such cases have been reported so far, probably because the endometrium in the second half of pregnancy has a slight ability of implantation, and the brisk fall in the sexual hormone production in the puerperium is not favourable for the growth of the probable implant.

[Malignant tumor (sarcoma) on a fetal neck, diagnosed during pregnancy by means of ultrasonics].

Authors present a case of congenital sarcoma discovered by ultrasound at 30 weeks of pregnancy. The tumour was shown projecting from the anterior neck, well limited and measured 12 X 12 X 8 cm associated with maternal hydramnios. Pregnancy was terminated.