The author presents a case of in vitro fertilization pregnancy complicated by morbidly adherent placenta in a patient with congenital bilateral ovarian agenesis. A 31-year-old woman with congenital bilateral ovarian agenesis who had undergone two previous dilatation and curettage procedures conceived following in vitro fertilization with a donor egg. Spontaneous labor occurred at 38 weeks and 5...

Abnormal attachment of the placenta (Placenta accreta, increta, and percreta) is an uncommon but potentially lethal cause of maternal mortality from massive postpartum hemorrhage. A 33-yr-old woman, who had been diagnosed with a placenta previa, was referred at 30 weeks gestation. On ultrasound, a complete type of placenta previa and multiple intraplacental lacunae, suggestive of placenta accre...

The incidence of placenta accreta and maternal death are substantially increased due to the increased rate cesarean section [1,2]. The incidence of placenta accreta reported approximately 0.8 to 3 per 1000 deliveries. Maternal mortality related to placenta accreta and its complications occurs approximately as high as 6-7% [3]. Placenta accreta is the most common cause for emergency postpartum h...

Maternal placentophagy has recently emerged as a rare but increasingly popular practice among women in industrialized countries who often ingest the placenta as a processed, encapsulated supplement, seeking its many purported postpartum health benefits. Little scientific research, however, has evaluated these claims, and concentrations of trace micronutrients/elements in encapsulated placenta h...

OBJECTIVES To investigate mortality in men admitted to hospital with acute urinary retention and to report on the effects of comorbidity on mortality. DESIGN Analysis of the hospital episode statistics database linked to the mortality database of the Office for National Statistics. SETTING NHS hospital trusts in England, 1998-2005. PARTICIPANTS All men aged over 45 who were admitted to NH...

Objective: To assess the value of adding three-dimensional (3D) power Doppler (as a diagnostic technique) to grayscale in the prenatal diagnosis of placenta accreta. Material and Methods: One hundred pregnant women with persistent placenta previatotalis (after 28 weeks' gestation) were prospectively enrolled into this study. Gray-scale transabdominal ultrasound was performed to detect loss of t...

Background: Previous studies have shown that morphine consumption during pregnancy may delay embryo development or cause abnormal nervous system function .The most attention of research focuses on the embryo, whereas it was not attended to the placenta as an important organ which is affected by opioides. The present study focused on the effect of maternal morphine consumption on development of ...

Background: The placenta is the most important organ for the development of the embryo and fetus because of its transport functions. Over the past several decades, a small number of proteins were tested that can cross the placenta, however, there have been no high throughput and comprehensive studies of protein crossing of the placenta. Methods: To evaluate the in situ perfused placenta model a...

Background: The structure of human placenta adapts in an uniform manner under different form of hypoxic stress. Anaemia, the common obstetric problem leading to hypoxia alters the structure of placenta. Aim: To compare the incidence of Vasculosyncytial membrane (VSM) in full term placenta of normal and anaemic mothers. Materials and Methods: Hundred (100) term placenta comprising of 50 normal a...