[Epilepsy and reproductive health: challenges and prospects].

Epilepsy complicates a woman's reproductive life. The physiological modification of the woman and the effects of antiepileptic drugs are generally the cause. Several complications may be added during treatment that requires careful monitoring.

[Treatment of adenomyosis (excluding pregnancy project)].

In this review we aimed to update the possibilities of adenomyosis treatment in women excluding those with a desire for pregnancy. Adenomyosis is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue within the myometrium and frequently underestimated. Over the last decades, its pathophysiology has been better known.

[Neglected shoulders reported at the Befelatanana Maternity Hospital (Antananarivo, Madagascar)].

We conducted a retrospective study on neglected shoulders during 12 months at the Maternity Hospital of Befelatanana, 31 cases among 4685 deliveries were reported. The majority of the pregnancies are not under medical supervision and no ultrasound is carried out during the third trimester. There were 8 cases of uterine rupture, 2 haemorrhage shocks, 6 syndromes of prerupture, 6 umbilical cord prolapses at the third degree and 6 tears of the cervix.