[A rare localisation of ectopic pregnancy--a case of hepatic pregnancy].

Ectopic pregnancy is a major gynecologic emergency, and remains a life-threatening syndrome. Hepatic pregnancy is an exceptionally rare form of ectopic pregnancy. The authors present a case of a 28 year old woman, who was admitted to hospital with epigastric pain.

Comparative analytical evaluation of thyroid hormone levels in pregnancy and in women taking oral contraceptives: a study from an iodine deficient area.

Increase of serum thyroxine binding globulin (TBG) resulting from estrogen action may lead to problems in thyroid diagnostics. The aim of the present study was to define the most diagnostically reliable thyroid parameters in women exposed to differentially elevated estrogens. Sera of three groups of healthy women were analyzed: women taking no medicine (controls), those taking oral contraceptives and pregnant women (in weeks 16 or 32 of gestation).

Macroprolactinemia: the consequences of a laboratory pitfall.

The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of macroprolactin, a macromolecule with reduced bioactivity, in hyperprolactinemic patients. Prolactin was measured before and after precipitation of macroprolactin by polyethylene glycol in 306 patients. Only patients with prolactin values >700 mIU/L (n = 270) entered the study.

[Macroprolactinemia in the differential diagnosis of hyperprolactinemia].

Introduction: Biologically active prolactin and the inactive fraction of macroprolactin can be present in hyperprolactinaemic sera. The reaction of routinely used prolactin assays with macroprolactin is variable.

Aims: The present study was undertaken to analyse the leading clinical signs of hyperprolactinemia in macroprolactinemia and true hyperprolactinemia and to assess the prevalence of macroprolactinemia in hyperprolactinemic females.

[Symptomless amniotic infection related to pregnancy outcome].

Placental histology in 984 pregnancies (758 term and 226 preterm) occurring during the years 1995 to 1998 was investigated and amniotic cavity cultures were taken during 918 cesarean sections. Histology revealed placental infection in 20.3% of placentas.