Correlation of Serum CA-125 and Progesterone Levels with Ultrasound Markers in The Prediction of Pregnancy Outcome in Threatened Miscarriage.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between ultrasonographic findings and serum progesterone and cancer antigen-125 (CA-125) levels in threatened miscarriage and to predict pregnancy outcome.

Materials And Methods: In a prospective comparative case-control study, serum CA-125 and progesterone levels were measured for 100 pregnant women with threatened miscarriage who attended the outpatient clinic or the causality department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Kasr El-Aini Hospital, Giza, Egypt, during the period from March 2013 to October 2013. Ultrasound was performed for fetal viability, crown-rump length (CRL), gestational sac diameter (GSD) and fetal heart rate (FHR).

Prevalence of human papilloma virus (HPV) and its genotypes in cervical specimens of Egyptian women by linear array HPV genotyping test.

Background: The association of human papillomavirus (HPV) with cervical cancer is well established.

Aim: To investigate HPV genotype distribution and co-infection occurrence in cervical specimens from a group of Egyptian women.

Methods: A group of 152 women with and without cervical lesions were studied.

Osseous metaplasia of the cervix: A rare transformation.

Although numerous cases of endometrial osseous metaplasia appear in the literature, only 6 cases of osseous metaplasia of the cervix have been reported since 1982. A 30 years old nulligravida women was referred to our colposcopy clinic with cervical mass. General, gynecologic and colposcopic assessments were done.

Effect of metformin treatment on endometrial vascular indices in anovulatory obese/overweight women with polycystic ovarian syndrome using three-dimensional power doppler ultrasonography.

Purpose: Metformin has been shown to be an effective treatment for anovulatory polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) patients in terms of menstrual cyclicity, ovulation, and pregnancy, as well as reduction of early miscarriage rate. The aim of the study is to assess the effect of metformin on the endometrial vascular indices in anovulatory obese PCOS women using three-dimensional power Doppler sonography (3DPDUS).

Methods: A prospective study was set to determine the beneficial effects of metformin on PCOS patients.

Effect of obesity on parameters of ovarian reserve in premenopausal women.

Objective: To study the relationship between obesity and serum and ultrasound markers of ovarian reserve in premenopausal women.

Methods: We performed a cross-sectional comparative study of two age-matched groups of premenopausal participants (early transition phase): 50 participants ("non-obese") had a BMI < 30 kg/m2, and the other 50 participants ("obese") had a BMI of 30 to 35 kg/m2. The obese women had a mean age of 46.

Fetal MRI in the evaluation of fetuses referred for sonographically suspected neural tube defects (NTDs): impact on diagnosis and management decision.

Introduction: We hypothesized that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can assess fetuses with sonographically (ultrasonography (US))-suspected neural tube defects (NTD) that might influence their diagnoses and management decision.

Methods: Institutional review board approval and informed consents were obtained to perform MRI for 19 fetuses referred with US-suspected NTD. Prenatal imaging findings were correlated with management decision, postnatal clinical, postnatal imaging, and pathology.

A comparative study of folate and vitamin B12 serum levels in preeclamptic versus normotensive pregnant women in correlation with uterine and umbilical artery Doppler findings and pregnancy outcome.

Objective: To detect the serum levels of folate and B12 in both preclamptic and normotensive pregnant women and to determine whether there is any relation between these levels with the uterine and umbilical artery Doppler indices as well as the pregnancy outcome.

Material And Methods: This case controlled study comprised 79 pregnant patients with preeclampsia and 113 healthy, normotensive pregnant women with singleton pregnancies at gestational ages ranging from 34-40 weeks. Patients were not obese (BMI<30) and did not suffer from chronic hypertension, chronic renal or liver disease nor diabetes mellitus.