OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether the vaginal cytokine concentration varies during the course of uncomplicated pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN Prenatal visits of healthy women to University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium were considered. Cytokine levels in vaginal washings from 30 unselected healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies were monitored during pregnanc...

The left atrium is the most common location of myxomas, which are benign tumors. Only a few cases of myxomas in pregnancies have been reported. Our thorough medical literature search showed only 17 reported cases in the course of pregnancy. Myxomas during pregnancy and in the preterm period constitute a serious phenomenon that can mimic an early sign of a life-threatening pathology like severe ...

The article presents a review of the current literature on problem uterine leiomyoma (UL) in women reproductive age during pregnancy and childbirth. We studied main issues etiology pathogenesis, as one leading causes dysfunction possible complications childbirth.UL is most common tumor female genitalia occurs 20–30% age. It impossible to determine more accurate indicator this pathology, given a...

Due to the recent trend of women having children at an older age, number pregnancies complicated by cervical cancer has increased. In present study, clinical characteristics patients with pregnancy were analyzed. The clinicopathological and prognosis during who underwent treatment Kyushu University Hospital from January 2008 December 2017 assessed retrospectively their medical records. informat...

There are a few reports of torsion paratubal cysts during pregnancy. We encountered case wherein it was possible to spare the fallopian tubes in patient with parabutal cyst early pregnancy; herein, we report our findings. A 32-year-old nulliparous woman became pregnant naturally and receiving prenatal care from her previous doctor. At 13 weeks 1 day gestation, experienced sudden pain lower left...

Although expression of the ErbB4 receptor tyrosine kinase in breast cancer is generally regarded as a marker for favorable patient prognosis, controversial exceptions have been reported. Alternative splicing of ErbB4 pre-mRNAs results in the expression of distinct receptor isoforms with differential susceptibility to enzymatic cleavage and different downstream signaling protein recruitment pote...

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION We report that the coincidence of ovarian tumor and pregnancy poses significant challenges that are more pronounced if the pregnancy is ectopic. CASE PRESENTATION Here, we report a rare and interesting case of a 24-year-old nulliparous Spanish woman who experienced the coincidental occurrence of left tubal pregnancy and dysgerminoma in the right ovary. The corpus lu...

BACKGROUND Pheochromocytoma is a disease where catecholamines are secreted. If pheochromocytoma occurs during pregnancy, it can be difficult to diagnose because it is similar to pregnancy-induced hypertension. Furthermore, bilateral pheochromocytoma during pregnancy is even rarer than unilateral pheochromocytoma. CASE PRESENTATION A 32-year-old primigravida, who was 12 weeks' pregnant, was aw...

To the Editors: Pregnancy-associated breast cancer has a poor prognosis, and there is a transient increase in breast cancer risk after each birth (1). Albrektsen et al. (2) recently reported that pregnancy hormones may have a progressive effect on breast tumors in addition to a possible promoting effect. In their study, the largest proportion of stage II to IV tumors was found among women diagn...

In this data, non-pregnant women during the menstrual cycle, women with normal intrauterine pregnancy (IUP), and women with tubal ectopic pregnancy (EP) after informed consent were included. The serum levels of 17β-estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, beta-human chorionic gonadotropin, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-4, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-10, tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα), and interferon-γ (IFN-γ)...