The Role of Prenatal Ultrasound Examination in Predicting the Outcomes of Ovarian Fetal Cysts: A Pictorial Essay.

The aim of this study was to evaluate prenatal ultrasound features, fetal postnatal outcomes, and the need for postnatal surgery in the suspicion of ovarian torsion. We included patients with a singleton pregnancy with a suspicion of ovarian fetal cyst referred to our center. Data derived from prenatal ultrasound evaluations, delivery, and postnatal follow-up were then extracted from the hospital registers.

4D transperineal ultrasound: feedback for good obstetric anal sphincter injuries reparation.

Background: Obstetric anal injury is the main risk factor for traumatic anal, faecal and flatus, incontinence in women in reproductive age. Its recognition and good reparation are crucial for long term outcomes.

Case Report: We report a case of a nulliparous woman who reported a fourth-degree perineal tear after delivery.

Mosaic derivative chromosomes at chorionic villi (CV) sampling are expression of genomic instability and precursors of cryptic disease-causing rearrangements: report of further four cases.

Mosaic chromosomal anomalies arising in the product of conception and the final fetal chromosomal arrangement are expression of complex biological mechanisms. The rescue of unbalanced chromosome with selection of the most viable cell line/s in the embryo and the unfavourable imbalances in placental tissues was documented in our previous paper and in the literature. We report four additional cases with mosaic derivative chromosomes in different feto-placental tissues, further showing the instability of an intermediate gross imbalance as a frequent mechanism of de novo cryptic deletions and duplications.