Balloon catheter with extra-amniotic saline instillation: a method of induction in pregnancies at 41 or more gestational weeks.

One hundred five women with a documented pregnancy of 41 weeks' gestation or more, admitted for induction of labour by balloon catheter with extra-amniotic saline instillation, were retrospectively compared to 196 women admitted in spontaneous labour at the same gestational age, with regard to mode of delivery. The success rate of the induction group was 97.1%.

Pheochromocytoma in pregnancy: case report and review of the literature.

Pheochromocytoma is a rare disease that may occur during pregnancy. Only a few hundred cases have been published in the literature. Manifestations include hypertension with various clinical presentations, possibly resembling those of pregnancy-induced hypertension, or pre-eclamptic toxemia.