Predictive value of 3+ spot urinary protein value measured by dipstick in hypertensive pregnant patients.

Objective: To evaluate whether the spot urinary protein (SUP) level has predictive value on pregnancy outcomes in hypertensive pregnant patients.

Methods: Retrospective case-control study of 109 pregnant patients with hypertension and spot urinary proteinuria measured by dipstick.

Results: Presence of 24 h proteinuria was higher in patients with 3+ SUP.

Fetal hydrops and anemia as signs of Down syndrome.

Before the 20th week of gestation, the most common cause of nonimmune hydrops fetalis is chromosomal abnormalities. Herein, we report a case of fetal hydrops, anemia, and intrauterine growth retardation that presented at 27 weeks of gestation with a negative chromosomal abnormality screening. Cordocentesis and karyotype analysis revealed fetal pancytopenia and Down syndrome.

Vaginal vault leiomyoma: 25 years after total abdominal hysterectomy.

Leiomyomas are benign, mesenchymal, monoclonal tumors that typically originate from myometrium smooth-muscle cells, although atypical sites such as the vagina, lungs, vascular structures, and retroperitoneal area have been reported. We present the case of a leiomyoma that originated from the vaginal cuff in a 70-year-old woman, 25 years after total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salphingo-oophorectomy.

Ectopic ovary autotransplanted over rectosigmoid colon: a case report.

Objective: To report a case of an alive ectopic ovary over rectosigmoid colon serosa that was removed by laparoscopy.

Design: Case report.

Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.