Amniotic fluid "sludge"; prevalence and clinical significance of it in asymptomatic patients at high risk for spontaneous preterm delivery.

Introduction: The aim of our study is to determine prevalence and clinical significance of the presence of amniotic fluid "sludge" among asymptomatic patients at high-risk for spontaneous preterm delivery, prospectively.

Material And Methods: In our study, 99 patients at high risk for spontaneous preterm delivery were evaluated for the presence of amniotic fluid sludge with transvaginal ultrasonography at 20-22, 26-28, and 32-34 gestational weeks, prospectively; between August 2009 and October 2010 in Hacettepe University Hospital. And, these patients were followed up for their delivery weeks and pregnancy outcomes.

Integration of three-dimensional ultrasonography in the prenatal diagnosis of amniotic band syndrome: A case report.

Amniotic band syndrome is a rare disorder which is thought to be caused by early rupture of the amniotic membrane. The extent of the disease may vary from minor digital amputations to severe lethal anomalies. For many years in routine clinical practice, this syndrome has been diagnosed with two-dimensional ultrasonography.

Ultrasonographic measurement of amniochorionic membrane in asymptomatic pregnant women is not a useful tool for preterm birth prediction.

Aim: The objective of this study was to determine the accuracy of ultrasonographic measurement of amniochorionic membrane thickness (AMT) in the prediction of preterm birth among an asymptomatic pregnant population.

Methods: One hundred and ninety consecutive singleton pregnant women presenting for prenatal care between May 2010 and August 2011 were recruited for the study. AMT of the patients was measured once between 18 and 22 weeks of gestation and then again between 28 and 32 weeks of gestation with transabdominal ultrasound.

Fetal arterial and venous Doppler in growth restricted fetuses for the prediction of perinatal complications.

Fetal arterial and venous Doppler is a useful tool for the monitoring of growth restricted fetuses. Our aim in this study was to compare outcomes when fetuses were grouped according to the combinations of the Doppler results and also according to each vessel Doppler. Deliveries during the period 2002-2008 were reviewed retrospectively and cases with a birth weight less than the 10th percentile were selected for the study.

Perinatal outcomes of fetal abdominal cysts and comparison of prenatal and postnatal diagnoses.

Introduction: The differential diagnosis of an abdominal cyst can be challenging, and an accurate diagnosis is crucial for optimal antenatal management. The aim of this study was to compare the ante- and postnatal diagnoses of cases with abdominal cyst and to determine the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography.

Material And Methods: A database review was performed regarding the diagnosis of fetal abdominal cyst covering the period 2002-2009.

Prenatal diagnosis of Jarcho-Levin syndrome in combination with inguinoscrotal hernia.

Jarcho-Levin syndrome is characterized by short trunk dwarfism associated with rib and vertebral anomalies. The syndrome encompasses a group of disorders with phenotypic and inheritance variations. Here we report a prenatally diagnosed patient with spondylocostal dysostosis (SCD) with accompanying congenital inguinoscrotal hernia.

Perinatal features and umbilical cord blood gases in newborns complicated with nuchal cord.

Presence of nuchal cord (NC) is associated with transient decrease of umbilical cord blood flow. However, the exact perinatal effect of presence of NC in a newborn is still under debate. The aim of this study was to evaluate the perinatal complications and umbilical cord blood gases of deliveries complicated with NC and summarize the associated literature.

Endometrial osseous metaplasia: an evolving cause of secondary infertility.

Objective: To present an endometrial osseous metaplasia case and reemphasize that the condition is a cause of secondary infertility.

Design: Case report.

Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in a university hospital in Turkey.

Posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome as a cause of reversible blindness during pregnancy.

Cortical blindness is a rare and dramatic complication of pre-eclampsia. The precise nature of the pathogenesis of this condition has not previously been understood. Three preeclamptic patients with unremarkable previous medical history presented with acute blindness between the 28th and 33rd weeks of pregnancy.

Alcohol injection for the intrauterine treatment of chorioangioma in a pregnancy with transfusion resistant fetal anemia: a case report.

Chorioangiomas are usually small, clinically inevident, benign vascular lesions of the placenta, but larger ones may cause serious perinatal and neonatal complications. There is need for in utero intervention in these fetuses. Several interventions are described to relieve pathophysiologic insult on fetus.

Bilateral ovarian fibromatosis presenting with ascites and hirsutism.

Background: Ovarian fibromatosis is a very rare nonneoplastic disease. Due to the rarity and atypical clinical presentations, they may give rise to a misdiagnosis of malignancy and unnecessary extensive surgical interventions. Literature lacks definitive data about this rare disease and its preoperative evaluations.