Collision tumor is a rare entity composed of two different tumors that occur in close to one another and maintain distinct borders. Only few cases have been reported in the breast. We report the first case of concomitant and adjacent primary angiosarcoma (PBAS) and invasive carcinoma of the breast (IBC), in a 45-year-old patient which presented with a lump in her right breast.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBernard-Soulier syndrome is an inherited bleeding disorder. Due to the rarity of the combination of this syndrome and pregnancy, data on the clinical course and outcome of pregnancy in women with Bernard-Soulier syndrome is scattered in individual case reports and there is no consensus in the management of SBS. In some patients, the pregnancy course was uneventful while in others post partum hemorrhage was the most common complication.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPolycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and weight excess exhibited metabolic abnormalities and elevated cardiovascular risk. Our objective was to assess metabolic and inflammatory profiles in women with PCOS associated to weight excess; 85 women were enrolled. Four groups were then identified with and without PCOS and/or weight excess.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe atrophic squirrhus carcinoma is an advanced form of breast cancer, which is most often neglected by patients. These days it has become very rare. The bilaterality of this form is even more exceptional.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) is a characteristic syndrome in which the Mullerian structures are absent or rudimentary. It is also associated with anomalies of the genitourinary and skeletal systems. Its association with gonadal dysgenesis is extremely rare and appears to be fortuitous, independent of chromosomal anomalies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Identifying newborns who weight 4000 g or more is important because birth of macrosomic fetuses is associated with adverse peripartum outcomes. Ultrasound is widely used for this purpose Our objective was to evaluate the diagnostic value of sonographic measurement of fetal abdominal circumference (AC) over 350 mm for the prediction of fetal macrosomia and shoulder dystocia, to specify factors that could generate errors in its measure.
Methods: A retrospective clinical trial was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hédi Chaker Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia.