[Kasabach-kasabach-].

Giant haemangiomas combined with a haemostasis disorder of the Kasabach-Meritt type are rare and even more rare are the problems posed during labour when vulvo-vagino-uterine sites are involved. Two cases are reported. After summary of the clinical and biochemical studies, the authors report attempts to improve the haemostasis disorder, first with heparin and then with antifibrinolytic preparations, and to improve the angiomas with antifibrinolytic preparations in the hope of stimulating intrasacular thrombosis.

[Acute pancreatitis and pregnancy].

When a pregnant woman presented with a syndrome suggesting obstruction and fever together with jaundice and oliguria the authors remembered the difficulty of clinical diagnosis and the biology of pancreatitis. They studied the connection of this condition with pregnancy, its pathogenesis, its prognosis and its treatment, as well as the various factors that were favourable (treatment with diuretics, the right ovarian vein syndrome).

[Role of varicocele in male sterility].

After they had analysed 50 cases of varicocoele the authors decided to put in writing some of their ideas. They conclude that varicocoele is often sub-clinical, localised to the right side, bilateral only in a number of cases. Although neither the sperm count nor the histology of the testes show specific pathological features, treatment of the condition brings worthwhile rewards.