Conservative Management of Gestational Hypercalcemia Due to Primary Hyperparathyroidism with Lack of Complications.

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is rare in pregnancy. PHPT and hypercalcemia are associated with negative maternofetal outcomes. Therefore, an early diagnosis and adequate treatment are essential.

Assessment of serum thyroid hormone autoantibodies in the first trimester of gestation as predictors of postpartum thyroiditis.

Background: Measurement of serum thyroperoxidase autoantibodies (TPOAb) during gestation as a classical marker for the risk of postpartum thyroiditis (PPT) predicts PPT in 1/3 to 1/2 of women. Very few studies have measured serum thyroid hormone Ab (THAb) during gestation, and none as a possible marker for PPT.

Methods: In 412 women who were followed up from 7 to 11 weeks of gestation through 12 months after delivery, we measured THAb (T3.

Delayed delivery of a twin pregnancy and uterine atony: morphological and clinical evidence.

This report presents the uncommon case of a 154-day delayed delivery in a spontaneous twin pregnancy associated with uterine atony. After abortion of the first fetus at 16 weeks, a healthy male was born at 38 weeks. Postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony, which was successfully treated with prostaglandins, occurred.

Morphologic patterns of human endometrial epithelium in women with uterine myomata treated with leuprorelin acetate.

Aim: We studied morphologic modifications of the endometrium induced by leuprorelin acetate, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist, in women with uterine myomata.

Methods: Transmission and scanning electron microscopy observations were performed after 2 or 6 cycles of therapy (every 28 days).

Results: A near-normal endometrium was observed after 2 months of therapy, while treatment with 6 cycles of leuprorelin acetate induced a uniform morphologic regression of the uterine mucosa.

Ectopic pregnancy in tubal remnant stump after ipsilateral adnexectomy for cystic teratoma.

Purpose: We present a case of ectopic pregnancy occurring in the stump of a remnant fallopian tube following ipsilateral adnexectomy for a mature cystic teratoma.

Methods: She had a laparoscopic salpingectomy.

Results: We hypothesize the intrauterine transmigration of the fecundated ovum.