A second opinion: response to 100 professors.

Induced abortion is a controversial topic among obstetricians. "100 Professors" extolled the benefits of elective abortion in a Clinical Opinion published in AJOG. However, scientific balance requires the consideration of a second opinion from practitioners who care for both patients, and who recognize the humanity of both.

Fetal mediastinal lymphangiomas.

Objective: The purpose of this series was to evaluate the prenatal sonographic findings and postnatal outcomes in 2 fetuses with mediastinal lymphangiomas.

Methods: The fetal images were compared with postnatal imaging and surgical findings.

Results: The 2 fetuses had anechoic mediastinal masses at 25 and 22 weeks, which proved to be lymphangiomas.

Cavernous hemangioma: diffuse enlarged venous spaces within the myometrium in pregnancy.

Background: Diffuse enlarged vessels throughout the myometrium are very rare. This case illustrates the diagnosis and clinical management of a pregnancy complicated by large vessels diffusely distributed throughout the myometrium.

Case: A primigravida measured large for dates at 27 weeks gestation.

Psychometric properties and three proposed subscales of a self-report version of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale translated into Hebrew.

We investigated the overall test-retest reliability and other psychometric properties of a self-report version of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) translated into Hebrew. We also evaluated the utility of three new subscales that were identified by nonparametric analysis (multidimensional scaling; MDS). Two hundred and seven patients who sought treatment for social anxiety or panic disorder were evaluated.