We present a 34-year-old HIV positive woman who presented with a 2-month history of abdominal pain, abdominal distension, night sweats and fever. She had a firm, immobile and irregular abdominopelvic mass of about 30 weeks uterine size. Investigations showed a haemoglobin of 6.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present a case of Meigs syndrome in a 19 year old woman. We suspected metastatic ovarian cancer after she had presented in her first pregnancy at 12 weeks gestation. Ultrasound scan had confirmed a complex solid mass in the left adnexa, measuring 7cm x 8cm, a viable 12 weeks pregnancy and gross ascites.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGuillain-Barré syndrome is a rare condition in pregnancy which is characterised by symmetrical progressive ascending polyneuropathy. A case of a 16-year-old nulliparous woman who presented with rapidly progressive limb paralysis following an upper respiratory tract infection a week prior to presentation is discussed. She was intubated as she had developed respiratory failure and managed in the intensive care unit by a multidisciplinary team.
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