Hypoalbuminemia is related to endothelial dysfunction resulting from oxidative stress in parturients with preeclampsia.

Serum albumin levels are inversely related with oxidative stress, but positively related with endothelial function, in pregnant women. However, it is unclear whether hypoalbuminemia in pregnant women with preeclampsia (PE) increases the production of oxygen-derived free radicals and impacts endothelial function. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between serum albumin, oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunction in pregnant women with PE.

Endometrial cancer arising from adenomyosis: Case report and literature review of MRI findings.

Endometrial cancer arising from adenomyosis (EC-AIA) is extremely rare, and the typical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of EC-AIA have not been established. We report a case of EC-AIA that was detected preoperatively on MRI and conduct a literature review of the MRI findings of EC-AIA.

Placental hypoplasia and maternal organic vascular disorder in pregnant women with gestational hypertension and preeclampsia.

This study aimed to investigate the etiology and pathology of preeclampsia (PE), a two-stage disorder involving uteroplacental dysfunction resulting from abnormal implantation and placentation, and gestational hypertension (GH), for which maternal organic vascular disorder is often an underlying factor. We assessed concentrations of oxygen free radicals (d-ROMs), maternal angiogenic factor (PlGF), and antiangiogenic factor (sFlt-1), placental hypoxic changes, oxidative DNA damage, and maternal organic vascular disorders in 23 women with PE (PE group), 13 with GH (GH group), and 16 with uncomplicated pregnancies (normal group). Intima-media thickness (IMT) of the carotid artery was assessed as a proxy for maternal organ vascular disorder.