Unusual presentation of late-stage ectopic tubal pregnancy (19 weeks' gestation): Case report and literature review.

Ectopic pregnancy is a medical condition in which a fertilized egg takes an unexpected detour away from the uterine cavity and the fallopian tube becomes a popular host, with the ampulla being the prime location. However, it can occur in other areas such as cervix, ovaries, or abdomen. The most common risk factors are pelvic inflammatory disease, previous pelvic or abdominal surgery, abnormal anatomy of genital organs, endometriosis, previous ectopic pregnancies, assisted reproductive technologies, endocrine disorders, and even the subtle influence of low-dose progestins from contraceptives.

Urinary troponin concentration as a marker of cardiac damage in pregnancies complicated with preeclampsia.

Pregnant women with preeclampsia experience significant hemodynamic changes which lead to an increased myocardial workload. In response to increased demands in pregnancy, the heart muscle responds with ventricular remodeling process which involves cardiac muscle hypertrophy. Opposed to occurrence of eccentric ventricular hypertrophy in normal pregnancy, myocardial remodeling in a form of concentric hypertrophy will occur in pregnant patients with preeclampsia.

[Adrenal hemorrhage in perinatal period--a case report].

The incidence of adrenal hemorrhage in perinatal period is 0.2-0.5%.

Biochemical screening of fetal aneuploidies and neural tube defects by "double-test" in Croatia: a 10 years' experience.

The aim of the study is to investigate the efficiency of the second-trimester biochemical screening, with maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MS-AFP) and free beta-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (free beta-hCG), during the ten-year period. The study included 11,292 of pregnant women between the 15th and 18th gestational week, who underwent screening from November 1996 to December 2006. The risk for trisomy 21 and trisomy 18 were calculated by computer software, based on a model which generated the final risk for fetal aneuploidies from the pregnant woman's a priori age risk and the likelihood ratio of the distribution of the biochemical markers, according to the second-trimester gestation.

Primary ovarian leiomyoma associated with endometriotic cyst presenting with symptoms of acute appendicitis: a case report.

Background: Ovarian leiomyoma is a rare benign tumor that accounts for 0.5 to 1% of all benign ovarian tumors. It probably arises from smooth muscle cells in the ovarian hilar blood vessels but there are other possible origins including cells in the ovarian ligament, smooth muscle cells or multipotential cells in the ovarian stroma, undifferentiated germ cells, or cortical smooth muscle metaplasia.

Chloasma--the mask of pregnancy.

Chloasma is a required hypermelanosis of sun-exposed areas occurred during pregnancy and it can affect 50-70% of pregnant women. It presents as symmetric hyperpigmented macules, which can confluent or punctuate. The most common locations are the cheeks, the upper lip, the chin and the forehead.

[Cross-sectional study of drug use in pregnancy].

The aim of the paper is to investigate the impact of drugs utilization during pregnancy in the City of Zagreb. This one-month cross-sectional study was conducted in all four Zagreb maternity hospitals using a questionnaire administered to 893 pregnant women. The women used a mean of 2.