Neonatal Brain MRI: Periventricular Germinal Matrix Mimicking Hypoxic-ischemic White Matter Injuries.

Purpose: As pregnancy progresses, the germinal matrix volume decreases. Residual periventricular germinal matrix may be mistaken for hypoxic-ischemic white matter injury. This study aims to determine the prevalence and imaging characteristics of these findings.

In-utero evaluation of the fetal umbilical-portal venous system among fetuses with persistent right umbilical vein: Two-and three-dimensional ultrasonographic study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the anatomy of the portal system in fetuses with persistent right umbilical vein (PRUV).

Methods: Prospective observational study of fetuses diagnosed with PRUV. All patients underwent a comprehensive portal system anatomy scan supplemented by two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) color doppler modalities.

Effect of magnet strength on fetal brain biometry - a single-center retrospective MRI-based cohort study.

Purpose: Abnormal fetal brain measurements might affect clinical management and parental counseling. The effect of between-field-strength differences was not evaluated in quantitative fetal brain imaging until now. Our study aimed to compare fetal brain biometry measurements in 3.

Fetal Micro and Macroglossia: Defining Normal Fetal Tongue Size.

Objectives: Abnormal fetal tongue size is a phenotypic feature of various syndromes including Beckwith-Wiedemann, Pierre-Robin, oromandibular limb hypoplasia, chromosomal aberrations, etc. Current data regarding normal fetal tongue size are limited. Hence, micro/macroglossia are subjectively determined.

Cancer diagnosis among women with recurrent pregnancy loss: a retrospective cohort study.

Research Question: What is relationship between unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) and risk of cancer morbidity?

Design: A retrospective observational cohort study was conducted, based on data from a tertiary medical centre. RPL cases (exposed) were defined as women presenting with three or more unexplained confirmed pregnancy losses at 5-24 weeks, whose first visit to the RPL clinic was between 1990 and 2010. The unexposed group included women giving birth who were not RPL patients; these were matched by age and year of giving birth/admission (1:5 ratio).

Dynamic esophageal patency assessment: an effective method for prenatally diagnosing esophageal atresia.

Background: Esophageal atresia is a major anomaly with a low prenatal detection rate. We propose a sonographic method termed dynamic esophageal patency assessment.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the feasibility and performance of the dynamic esophageal patency assessment in a high-risk population.

Physiological and psychological stress responses to labor and delivery as expressed by salivary cortisol: a prospective study.

Background: Labor is considered a stressful event, yet no study has described the course of stress measured by cortisol during labor and postpartum.

Objective: The objective of the study was to describe the patterns of physiological and psychological stress during labor as measured by salivary cortisol concentrations and stress questionnaires and their correlation to obstetric and neonatal outcomes.

Study Design: This prospective, observational study included 167 women with low-risk, singleton, term deliveries at a tertiary academic center.

Neutrophils to lymphocytes ratio and platelets to lymphocytes ratio in pregnancy: A population study.

Background: Neutrophils to lymphocytes ratio (NLR) and platelets to lymphocytes ratio (PLR) are both inflammatory ratios that can be easily calculated from a simple blood count. They are frequently reported and tested as prognostic factors in several medical disciplines. Pregnancy involves special reference values for laboratory assays.

Sonographic appearance of uterine lymphoma: case report and review of the literature.

Uterine lymphoma is rare and tends to be misdiagnosed due to lack of specific radiologic features. Few reports have been published on the sonographic characteristics of uterine lymphoma. We present a case report of uterine lymphoma manifested by a fast growing uterus and describe the sonographic findings.

Telomere aggregates in trisomy 21 amniocytes.

Trisomy 21 is the most common chromosomal abnormality among persons with intellectual disability, with a live birth rate of 1 in 800-1,000. As such, this abnormality may serve as a model for human disorders that result from supernumerary copies of a genomic region. Down syndrome carries an increased risk of developing acute leukemia and other malignancies.

[Pregnancy, labor and delivery: the pelvic floor injury].

The association between pregnancy, labor and delivery, and pelvic floor injury is well known. Pregnancy itself may be associated with some injury, but the main damage occurs during vaginal delivery. It is well documented that vaginal delivery may cause denervation of the pelvic floor as well as direct injury to muscles and connective tissue.

Early postpartum voiding dysfunction: incidence and correlation with obstetric parameters.

Objective: To investigate the incidence and obstetric risk factors in early postpartum voiding dysfunction.

Study Design: Two hundred seventy-seven consecutive women in the early postpartum period were prospectively enrolled. Evaluation included history, physical examination, urinary questionnaire and non-invasive uroflowmetry measurements.