Background. Teratomas are the most common tumors. They are usually localized in the sacrococcygeal area, while the pharyngeal localization is very rare. The number of cases of stomatopharyngeal teratomas detected prenatally via sonography is very small. Case Report. We present the case of a 24-year-old primipara at 18 weeks' gestation, that at the routine ultrasound scan, the fetus was found wi...

On the evening of the 22nd July I was asked by one of the residents of the station to see her Masalchi's wife who had been in labour four days; the girl was a primipara about fifteen years of age. I found her lying,, greatly exhausted, in a little shed iu the compound with a native midwife in attendance; she was removed on a dooley to the dispensary close by ; on examination I found a diminutiv...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Syringomyelia is a rare neurological condition characterized by the presence of an expansive cystic cavity in the spinal cord, resulting in several neurologic manifestations. The objective of the present report was to address the safety of general anesthesia in this group of patients. CASE REPORT This is a 28-year old primipara with lumbar syringomyelia scheduled for...

A 1-day-old female baby, the product of spontaneous vaginal delivery weighing 2.0 kg and delivered to 22 years old primipara, presented to the emergency room with evisceration of intestine from abdomen. Prenatally she was diagnosed with gastroschisis. On examination, defect was about 2 cm × 0.5 cm in size on the left side of umbilicus with evisceration of intestine. The eviscerated bowel was oe...

Preeclampsia is the most common hypertensive disorder to occur during pregnancy. A healthy 38-year-old primipara presented with pretibial edema at 33 weeks of gestation followed by the development of proteinuria at 36 weeks of gestation. She had no past medical history of hypertension and was normotensive during gestation. Her proteinuria persisted after delivery, and she was also hypoalbuminem...

Anencephaly is an embryological malformation of the central nervous system, invariable lethal, characterized by the absence of the brain and cranial vault and by other defects of the cranial structures. It has no cure but it can be detected during the pregnancy with ultrasonography. We present a rare case of a 15-year-old primipara, with no prenatal care, who delivered at 37 weeks an anencephal...

Two hundred and fifty-six unmarried primipara were analysed retrospectively over a five year period in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Toa Payoh Hospital. Thirteen were omitted because of insufficient data. The patients were subdivided into an adolescent group, and those more than 18 years of age at time of booking. Maternal complications and neonatal outcome were compared between...