Plastic used in in vitro fertilization procedures induces massive placental gene expression alterations.

Background: The exposure to plastic derivatives during human life is deleterious. Infants conceived using ART (IVF or ICSI) have twice as many risks of major birth defects compared to naturally conceived infants. Could plastic ware used during ART trigger defects in the fetal development?

Methods: Three groups of blastocysts were transferred to pseudopregnant mice.

Cystic meningioma: radiological, histological, and surgical particularities in 43 patients.

Background: The presence of cysts is a rare occurrence for intracranial meningiomas in adults. We report our experience in a large consecutive series of cystic meningiomas.

Method: We prospectively collected data for a dedicated database of cystic meningioma cases between January 2004 and December 2011 in two tertiary neurosurgical centers.

Non-puerperal uterine inversion in a young woman: a case report.

Background: Uterine inversion is an uncommon complication in the non-puerperal period. Submucosal myoma is more frequently involved usually among women above 45 years old.

Case Presentation: A 28 year-old patient was admitted to the gynaecology emergency room in Cocody Teaching Hospital, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire with a large lobulated fleshy mass in the vulval area.

Endometrial osseous metaplasia and infertility: a case report.

Endometrial osseous metaplasia is a rare clinical entity. It causes infertility and occurs in more than 80% of cases after an abortion. Various theories have been proposed and the most accepted theory is metaplasia of the stromal cells into osteoblastic cells that produce bone.

Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata and pregnancy: a case report.

Leimyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (LPD) is a benign tumor of smooth muscle tissue. It is rare and is characterized by the development of multiple peritoneal nodules mimicking peritoneal carcinomatosis. We report a case of LPD diagnosed in a 35-year-old patient, G4/P1, without any major gynecological history.

Decompensated cirrhosis and pregnancy: a case report.

The association of decompensated cirrhosis and pregnancy is rare. Portal hypertension exposure to gastrointestinal bleeding from a ruptured esophageal varix may at any time complicate the course of the disease. We report the case of a 24-year-old patient who delivered at 35 weeks/four days of gestation with decompensated cirrhosis secondary to viral hepatitis B; icterus, oedema, and ascites were present.

Coverage of intermittent prevention treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women and congenital malaria in Côte d'Ivoire.

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends using insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) and intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPT-SP) to prevent malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Data on IPT-SP coverage and factors associated with placental malaria parasitaemia and low birth weight (LBW) are scarce in Côte d'Ivoire.

Methods: A multicentre, cross-sectional survey was conducted in Côte d'Ivoire from March to September 2008 at six urban and semi-urban antenatal clinics.

[Cervical cancer: epidemiology and medical assistance in African society].

Objectives: The aim of this study was to improve the medical assistance and the prognostic of cervical cancer in African society.

Materials And Methods: It was a retrospective and descriptive study carried out in the gynecology and obstetrics department at the teaching hospital of Cocody. It spanned over five years, from January 1st, 2002 to December 31st, 2006.

[Placenta praevia: maternal and featal prognosis in University Hospital of Cocody (Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire)].

Introduction: In Africa, in spite of systematical practice of echography, Placenta praevia (PP) remains a high risky gravid complication, very unpredictable, with a high lethality rate.

Objectives: The aim of our study was to reconsider the frequency of this pathology, to appreciate the maternal and fetal prognosis.

Patients And Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study, about 340 cases of PP, at the University Hospital of Cocody in Abidjan, during 5 years, from January 1st 2002 to December 31st 2006.

[Investigation of the collateral branches of the external carotid artery in a population from West Africa. About 60 cadaver dissections].

Objective: The goal of this survey was to study the level of emergence of the external carotid artery and the origin of its collateral branches about a dissection of 30 cadavers subjects of West Africa.

Material And Method: We dissected to the laboratory of Abidjan anatomy 30 cool adults' cadavers corresponding to 28 men and two women. At these 30 cadavers, we dissected 60 external carotids.

[Frequency of cord prolapse: etiological factors and fetal prognosis in 47 cases in a health center].

Unlabelled: Cord prolapse constitute an imprevisible accident of the period of labor and an important cause of perinatal mortality. The aim of our study was to determine the frequency of cord prolapse, its etiological factors and to evaluate fetal prognosis.

Material And Methods: Our study was done in the department of obstetric and gynecology of the Treichville university teaching hospital.

Uterine torsion with maternal death: our experience and literature review.

Torsion of the gravid uterus around its cervical junction is a rare event especially in humans. In 1992, a literature review by Jensen, mentioned by Carbonne, showed 212 cases with different etiologies. Uterine torsion is more frequently dextrorotatory (2/3 of cases).