Publications by authors named "Antonio Capece"
Background: Pre-term birth (PTB) remains the leading cause of infant mortality and morbidity. Its etiology is multifactorial, with a strong genetic component. Genetic predisposition for the two subtypes, spontaneous PTB with intact membranes (sPTB) and preterm prelabor rapture of membranes (PPROM), and differences between them, have not yet been systematically summarised.
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- A case study describes a 41-year-old woman who developed multiple ectopic leiomyomas in her abdominal rectus muscles a decade after undergoing gasless laparoscopic uterine myomectomy.
- The patient had six palpable abdominal masses surgically removed, with sizes ranging from 0.5 cm to 10 cm; the largest mass was near the previous surgery site.
- The study highlights that while ectopic leiomyomatosis is rare following this type of surgical procedure, it’s important for gynecologists to inform patients about the potential for growth of leiomyoma tissue in atypical locations, even if they show no symptoms.
Histomorphometric characteristics of first trimester chorionic villi in pregnancies with low serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A levels: relationship with placental three-dimensional power doppler ultrasonographic vascularization.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
February 2011
Objective: To evaluate histomorphometric vascular characteristics from samples obtained by chorionic villus sampling (CVS) in pregnancies with low serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) levels and to relate these findings to three-dimensional (3D) placental volume and power Doppler vascularization.
Methods: Immediately before CVS, placental 3D-power Doppler ultrasonography was performed at 11 + 0 to 13 + 6 weeks in 12 pregnancies with PAPP-A concentrations <0.3 multiples of median (MoM) as well as in 11 control women.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the first-trimester placental volume and 3-dimensional (3D) power Doppler vascularization of pregnancies with low serum pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) levels and to relate these findings to pregnancy outcomes.
Methods: Three-dimensional power Doppler sonography of the placenta was performed at gestational ages of 11 weeks to 13 weeks 6 days in 84 pregnancies with PAPP-A concentrations of less than 0.4 multiple of the median (MoM).