[Pregnancy and lung cancer: a case report and review of the literature].

Lung cancer is a frequent pathology among women, as a result of tobacco increase. Lung cancer among pregnant women is especially rare when revealed by Pancoast-Tobias syndrome. Foetal injury is possible.

[Clinical and psychological disorders of pregnant women induced by abuse].

This study is performed on a population of pregnant women during the second trimester of their pregnancy. The aim of this study is to demonstrate that clinical symptoms noticeable by the obstétricians during their consultations. Eight hundred and fifty-three patients have been involved in this study by responding to an anonymous questionnary.

[Primary breast lymphoma during pregnancy: a case report].

Primary breast lymphoma is a difficult diagnosis because it is very rare. It can be found during pregnancy. Its diagnosis is often delayed.

[Heterotopic pregnancy: a case report with a rare symptomatology].

Heterotopic pregnancy was a rare pathology many years ago, but its survey is more frequently observed during last years with Assisted Reproduction Technics. We report a case of a heterotopic pregnancy with a rare symptomatology, with in the front plan a miscarriage. It's diagnostic is difficult and occurred very late.

[Risk factors for child abuse during the perinatal period. Preventive approach in the obstetric milieu. Role of a child abuse risk index].

Objective: We studied the frequency of maltreatment of the newborn child and offered a preventive action plan.

Design: We conducted a retrospective study, on a semi-rural population, during three years period during which 2,198 deliveries took place. A number of severely maltreated new-born children were observed.

[Antenatal diagnosis of a case of spondylo-costal dysplasia].

An ultrasound carried out on a foetus in utero made it possible to diagnose spondylocostal dysplasia. This does not seem to have been diagnosed previously in utero nor to have been reported. The authors view the mechanisms by which the mesoblastic portion of the cord changes and trace the development of this affection.

[The role of Chlamydia trachomatis in producing abnormal movements by spermatozoa].

The authors analysed 100 sperm samples from asymptomatic patients and compared them with a control series of sperm donors who had been considered fertile by CECOS of Marseille or from men whose partners had conceived. They found Chlamydia trachomatis in 29% of the cases studied (P less than 0.0001).

[The role of Chlamydia trachomatis in the infectious etiology of extra-uterine pregnancy].

The study was carried out in two different hospital centres on a series of 55 women who had ectopic pregnancies compared with 2 control groups. The study concerned taking samples from cells in the pelvis to culture for Chlamydia trachomatis and to estimate the levels of anti-Chlamydia antibodies. The cultures were positive in 30% of the cases and the serology was positive in 52% of the cases.

[Role of Chlamydia trachomatis in the etiology of acute salpingitis. Value of the determination of IgG in 2 blood samples collected at 6 week intervals].

Cultures of specimens from the abdominal cavity (14) or the lower genital tract (11) were positive for Chlamydia trachomatis in 25 (22.7%) of 110 patients with a laparoscopic diagnosis of acute salpingitis. Microimmunofluorescence serodiagnosis showed positive IgG levels (greater than or equal to 1/64) in 35 patients (32%).