Solid papillary carcinoma of the breast with neuroendocrine features in a pregnant woman: a case report.

Solid papillary carcinoma, a special form of breast carcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation, usually presents in women aged 60 years or more. (Koern 2010). According to our best knowledge, we present the second case of such a tumor in pregnant women.

[Prenatal ACTH-depot therapy].

ACTH-depot therapy is one of the therapeutic methods in threatening abortion or premature labor, introduced by Prof. R. Klimek in the 60-ies of the last century.

[Enzymatic diagnostics in obstetrics and gynecology. Part I].

The object of this paper is to highlight the importance of enzymatic diagnostics in obstetrics and gynecology. Enzymatic diagnostics through the assessment of oxytocinase allows to monitor the pregnancy and predict the delivery. Oxytocinase and its isoenzymes reflect the present state of the mother, the fetus and the placenta.

The molecular changes during placental detachment.

Objectives: RCAS1 is a membrane protein that plays a role in the maintenance of maternal immune tolerance during pregnancy. The work presented here demonstrates the results of RCAS1 expression in placenta in cases of placental abruption and patients with retained placental tissue during the third stage of labor.

Study Design: The placenta tissue samples were obtained during vaginal and cesarean delivery (derived from 117 pregnancies).

[Preterm labor and IUGR rates in patients with cardiac anomalies in the material of the Pregnancy Pathology Unit at the Jagiellonian University OB/GYN Department between 1986-1999].

Introduction: Advance in medicine in general caused more and more women with cardiac defects reach reproductive age.

Aim: Analysis of kind and advance of cardiac disease influence on preterm labour and IUGR rates.

Material And Methods: A prospective study on 232 pregnant patients with cardiac malformations, who were hospitalised in Pathology of Pregnancy Unit of OB.

[The frequency of micronuclei in lymphocytes from cord blood as a marker of exposure to mutagenic factors].

The aim of the study was a preliminary recognition of effect of mutagenic factors which passed through placenta and influenced cells of the foetus during third trimester of the pregnancy. The research group of being studied was 31 newborns, born at the Department of Gynaecology and Infertility of Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków, and their mothers. The neonates (cord blood) and mothers (peripheral blood) were examined for presence of micronuclei (MN) in cultured lymphocytes by using the whole blood method.

[Cardiac diseases and pregnancy].

Physiological maternal changes during pregnancy and cardiac disease symptoms are described. Prediction of good fetal outcome and delivery in the pregnant patient suffering from cardiac disease requires accurate assessment of cardiac disease advancement, its type and severity, frequent follow-up and immediate intervention in any case of worsening. Concerning chances and risks further influence of pregnancy and delivery on cardiac disease in the mother should be included.

[Pregnancy duration and mode of delivery in patients with cardiac insufficiency on the material of Jagiellonian University OB/GYN Clinic in the years between 1986-1999].

Objectives: Recent progress in cardiology and cardiac surgery lead many patients with cardiac disease in the procreative age.

Design: To asses the influence of cardiac disease on pregnancy and delivery.

Material And Methods: 232 subjects with congenital and acquired cardiac anomalies, hospitalized in the Jagiellonian University OB/GYN Clinic between 1986-1999.