The Budd-Chiari syndrome. Possible pathogenetic role of anti-phospholipid antibodies.

The case of a young woman with the Budd-Chiari syndrome is reported. She first noticed abdominal symptoms following a late spontaneous abortion. Antiphospholipid antibodies were detected in her serum.

Female adnexal tumour of probable Wolffian origin.

Two further cases of 'female adnexal tumour of probable Wolffian origin' are described Both were retroperitoneal and presented a unique histology of uniformly close-packed bland spaces. solid islands, cords, and diffuse areas. A small hamartoma in a female fetus, part of which resembled the tumours, was traced to an area of near apposition with some paroophoron canals, providing further evidence of a Wolffian origin.