Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis.

Objective: Ovarian vein thrombosis (OVT) is known as a rare but serious postpartum complication. The condition is often clinically not distinguishable from endometritis, appendicitis or pyelonephritis. OVT may cause sepsis, septic pulmonary thromboembolism, and thrombosis of the inferior vena cava and the renal veins, and is potentially fatal.

[Uterine leiomyosarcoma with subsequent pregnancy].

Leiomyosarcoma are malignant tumors showing smooth muscle differentiation, they are rare, representing only about 25 percent of all uterine sarcomas and mixed malignant tumors and slightly more than 1 percent of all corporeal malignant tumors. Usually they arise in postmenopausal women and are not known to be related to the known risk factors for endometrial carcinoma (nulliparity, obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, etc.) or carcinosarcoma (prior radiation therapy).

[Results of treatment in vulvar cancer from 1970 to 1990].

From 1970-1990, 159 patients with invasive malignant tumours of the vulva (150 squamous cell carcinomas) underwent surgery at the University Hospitals, department of gynaecology. Heidelberg (1970-1988) and Homburg/Saar (1988-1990). 73% of the patients were more than 60 years old and 3% were less than 40 years old.

[Recurrence of vulvar cancer--treatment, experiences and results].

At the University Hospitals of Heidelberg (1970-1988) and Homburg/Saar (1988-1990), 182 patients with vulvar carcinoma were treated. 51 patients had a recurrence of vulvar carcinoma and 21 patients showed a persistence of this tumour. 19 women had a second recurrence of vulvar disease.

[Prognosis of triplet pregnancies].

31 triplet pregnancies (DG), treated during 1975-1989, were analysed retrospectively. 13 DG (D10) were registered up to the end of the 10th week of pregnancy, 16 (DG) (D16) were intact between the 11th and the 16th gestational week. 3 DG resulted from the reduction of high grade multiple pregnancies.