Publications by authors named "Fatima Zohra Fdili Alaoui"

Endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) is an uncommon uterine mesenchymal neoplasm. The primary extra-uterine location of ESS is a very rare occurrence. We present a case of a 39-year-old woman presented with severe abdominal pain, MRI showed bilateral ovarian tumors with heterogeneous intensity on T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) and T1-weighted imaging (T1WI), with restricted diffusion, including hyperintense areas on T1WI, not erased on T1-weighted fat-suppressed imaging, hypointense on T2WI, and not enhanced after contrast.

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Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IMD) is a chronic benign inflammatory disease of the breast which can mimic breast cancer. It is more common in young women of childbearing age and poses a challenge in diagnosis of inflammatory breast tumor. We report the case of a 26-year-old female patient who presented with inflammatory breast.

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Background: During pregnancy, the discovery of adnexal masses remains frequent. Such masses are mostly benign. Ovarian endometrioma is a rare etiology.

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With the increased use and quality of ultrasound in pregnancy, adnexal masses are being encountered with greater frequency. Most of the time such masses are asymptomatic. It can be discovered in an emergency.

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Uterine rupture in patients with healthy uterus during the 2 and 3 trimester of pregnancy is a rare and severe obstetric complication involving maternal and fetal vital prognosis as well as obstetrical outcome of patients in the absence of diagnosis and early treatment. It mainly occurs in women who have had scarred uterus and it is anecdotal in those with healthy uterus. We report the case of a primiparous patient with unscarred uterus who had had uterine rupture during labour induction with misoprostol for fetal death in utero (FDIU) due to intrauterine growth retardation (IGR) and severe oligohydramnios at 31 weeks of amenorrhea (WA).

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Ovarian teratomas are tumors resulting from pluripotent germ cells. We here describe 3 different types of teratomas: mature, immature and monodermal teratomas. Immature teratoma accounts for less than 1% of ovarian cancers and mainly affects young subjects.

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Borderline para-ovarian cysts (PCs) are rare entities. They are commonly present in the third decade. Borderline PCs are often discovered fortuitously on routine ultrasound examination or they are common incidental findings during a laparotomy.

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Peritoneal tuberculosis in pregnancy is one of the least common forms of extrapulmonory tuberculosis in pregnancy. Early diagnosis is important to prevent obstetrical and neonatal morbidity. We report the case of a 37-year-old pregnant woman who presented with abdominal volume increase, night-sweat, anorexia, loss of weight and abdominal pain at 23 weeks.

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