Association between fetal echogenic and/or dilated bowel and adverse perinatal outcomes.

Background: Echogenic and/or dilated bowel is uncommonly encountered on prenatal ultrasound and may represent either a panel of differential diagnoses or a transient normal variant with excellent outcome. Prenatal differentiation between the two entities remains uncertain. Here, we aimed to review prenatal cases associated with echogenic and/or dilated bowel and analyze their prospective perinatal outcomes.

COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Perinatal Outcomes between Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Women.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been increasing among pregnant women worldwide. Its impact on maternal, fetal, and neonatal health is still scarce in the published literature. As a routine COVID-19 prenatal screening has been established for all women requiring hospitalization, it is not clear whether symptomatic women carry worse pregnancy outcomes than those without symptoms.

Possible vertical transmission of corona virus disease 19 (COVID-19) from infected pregnant mothers to neonates: a multicenter study.

Introduction: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is highly contagious with various possible routes of transmission, resulting in high mortality globally. Controversy exists regarding the vertical transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 infection to fetuses of COVID-19-infected women. The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of the vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from COVID-19-infected mothers to their neonates.

Fetal aortic valvuloplasty: first report of two cases from Saudi Arabia.

Background: Fetal aortic stenosis may progress to hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), which carries a poor prognosis. We report two infants with fetal aortic stenosis successfully treated with fetal aortic valvuloplasty (FAV) using balloon dilatation.

Case Presentation: Of five fetuses with aortic stenosis fulfilling the FAV criteria of severe aortic stenosis with a left ventricular length Z-score of ≥ - 2, retrograde flow in the transverse aortic arch, left-to-right flow across the foramen ovale, monophasic mitral inflow, and significant left ventricular dysfunction, we obtained permission for FAV in two fetuses.

Prenatal Diagnosis and Management of a Rare Central Tendon Defect Type of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia with a Massive Pericardial Effusion.

The central tendon defect type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is extremely rare and usually associated with a significant pericardial effusion. Prenatal diagnostic ultrasound features of this quite rare entity remain often overlooked or misdiagnosed. There is a dearth of literature about the role of prenatal intervention, often through an elective pericardiocentesis, for the prevention of lung hypoplasia and to decrease the overall neonatal morbidity and mortality.

Intraplacental Villous Artery Doppler as an Independent Predictor for Placenta-Mediated Disease and Its Comparison with Uterine Artery Doppler and/or Placental Biochemical Markers in Predictive Models: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Objectives: To validate intraplacental villous artery (IPVA) Doppler as a predictor for placenta-mediated diseases (PMDs), to compare its predictive value with uterine artery (UtA) Doppler and placental biochemical markers, and to assess its value in predictive PMD models.

Methods: IPVA and UtA indices (pulsatility index [PI] and resistance index [RI]) were recorded at 18-24 weeks of gestation in a cohort of 117 women. The predictive values of IPVA, UtA, and placental biochemical markers were analyzed and compared between the PMD group (the women who developed preeclampsia or intrauterine growth restriction) and the non-PMD group (the women who remained healthy throughout pregnancy and 3 months postpartum) using the receiver-operating characteristic curves.

A detailed study of patients and tumor characteristics of epithelial ovarian cancer in Saudi women.

Background: The Saudi population is characterized by high parity and intermarriages that may impact ovarian carcinogenesis. Herein, we analyzed the tumor characteristics and outcomes in Saudi patients with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).

Methods: Patients with EOC treated at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center during 1995-2007 were identified retrospectively through a review of their medical records.

Spontaneous resolution of chylous ascites following delivery: a case report.

Introduction: Chyloascites or chyloperitoneum, which can be caused by different factors, is a process of eruption of one or many lymphatic vessels spontaneously. Malignant processes, inflammation or trauma can cause a sudden burst in a lymphatic vessel which will lead to a collection of milky fluid in any space of the human body with the abdominal cavity being the most common location. Chyloperitoneum is rare during pregnancy and this case is the fifth described worldwide.

Antenatal embolization of a large placental chorioangioma: a case report.

Introduction: A chorioangioma is the most common benign tumor of the placenta. The majority of pregnancies with chorioangiomas are asymptomatic. Pregnancies with large chorioangiomas are associated with maternal and fetal complications, such as growth restriction, cardiomegaly, congestive heart failure, fetal anemia, thrombocytopenia, nonimmune hydrops and intrauterine fetal death.