[Noninvasive methods used in prenatal diagnosis].

Research in developing methods for noninvasive prenatal diagnosis has focused on the following: the isolation of fetal cells from the cervix, from the blood of pregnant women and the isolation of the fetal DNA. In the paper authors review the potential clinical diagnostic applications of fetal cells and fetal DNA analysis in maternal plasma or serum and fetal cells in cervical mucus for noninvasive prenatal diagnosis and screening of fetal aneuploidy, gene mutations, preeclampsia and preterm labor.

[The incidence of ovarian tumors in the third trimester of pregnancy].

Method And Results: Between 1993 and 2000, 7529 patients underwent cesarean section (24.3% of 31,798 delivering women) at University Hospital in Poznań. There were 52 cases of simultaneous adnexal surgery among them because of ovarian tumors (1 case/144 abdominal deliveries; 1 case/612 pregnancies).

[The incidence of uterine leiomyomas in pregnancy and their influence upon its course].

Objectives: Uterine myomas are observed in pregnancy more frequently now than in the past. With the increasing age of the obstetric population and the widespread use of sonography, uterine myomas are more frequently detected during pregnancy. The objective of the study was to assess the incidence of the uterine myomas during pregnancy and their influence upon the pregnancy.

[Morphologic pattern of uterine myomas enucleated at cesarean section].

Objectives: Myomectomy is the most common surgery performed at cesarean delivery. This report reviews a 10-year experience with surgical management of leiomyomata at cesarean section.

Material And Methods: [corrected] 101 women had myomectomies performed at cesarean delivery during the period studied.