Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV), primarily genotypes 6 and 11, cause the majority of cases of anogenital warts (AGW). Although benign, AGW are associated with a substantial economic and psychosocial burden. Several vaccines have been developed to prevent HPV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCesarean-scar pregnancy is a rare form of the ectopic pregnancy which can be life-threatening or threaten patient's functional prognosis due to hemorrhage or early uterine rupture. We report the case of a 23-year old patient with ectopic pregnancy, gravida 3, para 2, with bi-scarred uterus who was diagnosed with cesarean-scar pregnancy due to metrorrhagias at 7 weeks of amenorrhea. Transvaginal ultrasound allowed early diagnosis and treatment was based on conservative therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUterine rupture in patients with healthy uterus during the 2 and 3 trimester of pregnancy is a rare and severe obstetric complication involving maternal and fetal vital prognosis as well as obstetrical outcome of patients in the absence of diagnosis and early treatment. It mainly occurs in women who have had scarred uterus and it is anecdotal in those with healthy uterus. We report the case of a primiparous patient with unscarred uterus who had had uterine rupture during labour induction with misoprostol for fetal death in utero (FDIU) due to intrauterine growth retardation (IGR) and severe oligohydramnios at 31 weeks of amenorrhea (WA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVaginal metastasis from pancreatic cancer is an extreme case and often indicates a poor prognosis. We present a case of pancreatic carcinoma with metastasis to the vagina that was discovered by vaginal bleeding. To our knowledge, this is the third case in the world of a primary pancreatic adenocarcinoma discovered of symptoms from a vaginal metastasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdenoid cystic carcinoma of the cervix is a rare and aggressive tumor with fatal outcome. In this paper we report two cases of primary adenoid cystic carcinoma and a review of literature. A 80 years old woman, admitted to our hospital with postmenopausal bleeding and hydrorrhea.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Pregnancy-related compressive myelopathy secondary to vertebral hemangioma is a rare occurrence and its treatment antepartum is rare.
Case Presentation: A 19-year-old North African woman in her 38th week of pregnancy presented with paraplegia that progressed within 2 days after a rapidly progressive weakness of her lower limbs. Magnetic resonance imaging studies showed compression of her spinal cord in front of the fourth thoracic vertebra for suspected tuberculous spondylitis.
Leptospirosis is the most widespread zoonosis in the world. It is caused by pathogenic leptospira infection. This infection is also an uncommon cause of hepatorenal failure.
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