[Thrombopenia induced by heparin: treatment with Org 10172. Tolerability and efficacy].

Objectives: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is a relatively common and potentially serious adverse complication of heparin treatment. After heparin withdrawal initiation of an alternative anticoagulant is often indicated. Org 10172 or Orgaran is a mixture of several non-heparin low molecular weight glycosaminoglycans with proven antithrombotic efficacy.

[Prenatal screening for cysts of choroid plexus. Evolution and interpretation of 30 cases].

The authors report thirty cases in which they diagnosed a cyst of the choroid plexus antenatally between the 18th and the 36th week of amenorrhoea (mean 21 weeks). Choroid plexus cysts show up in some pictures as round or oval cysts clearly visible in the region of the choroid plexus. They appear in the lateral cerebral ventricles.

[Ultrasonography during the second and third trimesters].

This second atlas of ultrasonography, devoted to the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, gives a better idea of the normal fetal anatomy and the most frequent variations.

[Obstetrical ultrasonography during the first trimester in the primipara].

This atlas of ultrasonography provides information that may be obtained during a first trimester examination, pointing out the traps.