Idiopathic arterial calcification in a stillborn complicated by pleural hemorrhage and hydrops fetalis.

We report a case of idiopathic arterial calcification in a stillborn. As usually noted in this rare entity, the pregnancy was complicated by a polyhydramnios. The postmortem examination showed generalized arterial calcification, periarticular calcific deposits, and a large pleural hemorrhage.

[Placenta praevia percreta with bladder invasion: a case report].

The authors report a rare case of placenta praevia percreta with bladder invasion giving rise to the need to carry out an emergency hysterectomy in order to stop the bleeding. The literature when analysed showed the possible outcome of this complication in a woman who had already had a caesarean section and who had placenta praevia that required a second caesarean. In this situation it is almost inevitable that a hysterectomy has to be carried out to stop the bleeding.

[Antithrombin III deficiency and pregnancy. Apropos of a case].

Congenital deficiency of antithrombin III is a disease inherited as an autosomal dominant which predisposes to thromboembolism. Pregnancy and the postpartum period constitute a major additional risk factor for thromboembolism in deficient women. However, pregnancy may be envisaged without risk since there has been an improvement in knowledge concerning the physiology of the AT III molecule, its exact role in coagulation, the application of accurate laboratory tests which measure the deficiency, and especially the programming of pregnancy under cover of preventive treatment consisting of the perfusion of AT III concentrate in association with heparin.

Renal, pancreatic and hepatic dysplasia sequence.

A renal, pancreatic and hepatic dysplasia sequence (RPHD sequence) was found in a male premature baby who died a few minutes after birth. Autopsy documented multicystic dysplastic kidneys, a dysplastic pancreas with dilated ducts, cysts, fibrosis and inflammatory infiltrates, prominent portal tracts containing dilated bile ducts and hypoplastic lungs. Other organs were normal.