Expression of androgen receptor in human placentas from normal and preeclamptic pregnancies.

Objective: To elucidate the expression of androgen receptor (AR) in human placenta from normal and preeclamptic (PE) pregnancies.

Materials And Methods: This study was performed at the Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Academic Medical Center. Forty normal pregnant women at 37.

Twin pregnancy with gastroschisis in both twins.

Objective: Gastroschisis is a congenital malformation characterized by an abdominal wall defect located laterally to a normal umbilicus. The cause of gastroschisis is unknown, but most authors consider it exogenous. We describe the case of a woman with a twin pregnancy in which both twins had gastroschisis.

Postpartum hemoperitoneum due to avulsion of pelvic uterine adhesion band.

A 31-year-old nulliparous woman presented in labor with preterm rupture of membranes at 35 weeks of gestation. The ensuing intrapartum course was uneventful, and she delivered a healthy infant (birth weight, 2,850 g) vaginally. Four hours after delivery, the patient had a syncopal episode due to hypovolemic shock.