[Spontaneous rupture of varicose veins in the third trimester of pregnancy: diagnosis achieved by MRI].

This is a case report, for the first time in the literature, of a third trimester pregnant woman with acute abdominal pain for which the diagnosis of varicose veins rupture was achieved by MRI.

[Placental teratoma: differential diagnosis with fetal acardia].

The acardiac fetus is a rare congenital malformation observed only in monozygotic twin pregnancies (1/35.000 pregnancies). Placental teratoma is extremely rare (less than 20 cases have been reported in the literature since 1925).

[Congenital toxoplasmosis and seroconversion at the end of pregnancy: clinical observations].

We report seven cases of subclinical congenital toxoplasmosis secondary to maternal primary infections. Mothers were infected between two and four weeks prior to delivery. The diagnostic criteria of congenital infections included: IgM antibody (Ab) (1 case); IgM and IgA Ab (1 case); a real IgG seroconversion in the neonatal and postnatal samples (3 cases); persistence of IgG Ab beyond 6 months post-delivery (2 cases).

[Giant fibroadenoma of the breast: reconstruction of the breast after resection using the dermal vault technique].

The authors report two cases of giant fibroadenoma of the breast and discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic problems and the value of the "dermal vault" technique. A giant fibroadenoma is a fibroadenoma with a diameter exceeding 6 centimeters. This benign tumor has an inflammatory growth during pregnancy.