Two Cases of Angular Pregnancy

Maxillofacial Malignancy in Pregnancy; Report of Two Cases

Pregnancy is a physiological period in a woman’s life. It is well known that some pathological changes have been reported to be more common in pregnancy than other stages of the life. It seems that primary tumors have a tendency to progress more rapidly in pregnancy due to hormonal alterations or increased expression of some growth factors. The exact relationship between pregnancy and malignanc...

HYPERPARATHYROIDISM AND PREGNANCY A REVIEW OF TWO CASES

Angular pregnancy

Angular pregnancy is a rare condition in which the embryo is implanted in the lateral angle of the uterine cavity, medial to the uterotubal junction and round ligament, and causes life-threatening obstetric complications. It is important to differentiate this condition from interstitial and cornual pregnancy because they all result in emergency conditions. Although angular pregnancy can progres...

Heterotropic pregnancy: a report of two cases.

Heterotropic pregnancy is reported infrequently in Nigeria. Two cases were managed within the span of five years with the successful delivery of a live term baby in one of the patients. A high clinical index of suspicion is required because an intra uterine gestation does not rule out a co-existing ectopic gestation especially in this region with high twinning rate and tubal disease

Heterotopic pregnancy: a report of two cases

Background: A heterotopic pregnancy is defined as the presence of a concomitant intrauterine and extrauterine pregnancy. Its estimated incidence is 1/30,000 in spontaneous pregnancies. It is also reported to be as high as 1 in 3900 when the pregnancy is a result of assisted reproductive technology (ART). However, clomiphene citrate (CC) could be associated with a higher rate of heterotopic preg...