Intermittent hepatic porphyria in pregnancy with good perinatal outcome.

Porphyrias are rare metabolic diseases caused by enzymatic defects of the haeme biosynthesis. Association of pregnancy and acute porphyria is rare, but mortality rate among pregnant women from acute attack has been reported up to 42%. This paper presents a patient with pregnancy complicated by intermittent hepatic porphyria with good perinatal outcome.

Surgical treatment of large smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential during pregnancy.

This paper presents a case of a 37-year old pregnant woman with a large tumor extending from pelvis to xyphoid, diagnosed at 14 weeks of pregnancy. At 18 weeks myomectomy was performed and the tumor weighing 4250 g was removed. Hystopathological findings showed a uterine smooth muscle tumour of uncertain malignant potential.

A case of intra-amniotic maternal hemorrhage in term pregnancy.

Introduction: Intra-amniotic maternal hemorrhage is a rare condition, hard to differentiate from some other conditions in pregnancy. We report an unusual case of intra-amniotic maternal hemorrhage in term pregnancy ending in urgent cesarean section, identified on ultrasound examination.

Case Report: A 24-year-old female (gravida 3, para 2, abortion 0) was admitted to hospital at 40 weeks' gestation for collapse and general weakness.