Ectopic pregnancy may be the only life-threatening disease in which prevalence has increased as mortality has declined. The most prominent theory to explain this phenomenon involves increased sensitivity of serum beta-human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) immunoassay and improved quality of transvaginal ultrasound, combined with a heightened awareness and increased suspicion of the condition amon...

Phaeochromocytoma during pregnancy is rare and life-threatening to both mother and fetus (1). Pregnancy leads to diagnostic difficulty, whereas early diagnosis and appropriate management improves the prognosis (2). Only a few hundred cases managed during pregnancy have been reported and, a s far as we know, there are no publications of bilateral tumour managed during pregnancy. We report a preg...

Heterotopic pregnancy is rare in natural conception and most often presents as life threatening emergency like acute abdomen and hemorrhagic shock. In early unruptured stages, it presents nonspecifically, mimicking normal or abnormal pregnancy manifestations. A high index of suspicion and a definitive search for it even after confirming normal intrauterine gestation is needed. This little effor...

Background: Euglycaemic ketoacidosis is a rare type of metabolic acidosis, with increased production ketonic bodies and normal serum glucose. When it occurs during pregnancy, might lead to adverse maternal fetal outcomes. Pregnancy itself diabetogenic state that predispose the patient develop following even relatively short periods starvation as such, high index suspicion required for diagnosis...

Improvements in the use of ultrasound in early pregnancy have resulted in improved diagnosis of miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy. There are still, however, a significant number of women with a suspected abnormal pregnancy, where transvaginal ultrasound is unable to locate the pregnancy. The concern is the possibility of ectopic pregnancy. An alternative diagnostic tool is required and it has b...

Early identification of nonpregnant dairy cows post breeding can improve reproductive efficiency and pregnancy rate by decreasing the interval between AI services and increasing AI service rate. Thus, new technologies to identify nonpregnant dairy cows early after artificial insemination (AI) may play a key role in systematic management strategies to improve reproductive efficiency and profitab...

Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited hemoglobinopathy associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. It often diagnosed at an early age. Presentation for first time in pregnancy as leucoerythroblastosis rare. Diagnosis requires a strong suspicion demonstration of hemoglobin S blood.

Spontaneous uterine rupture in early pregnancy is a very rare complication and it occurs usually in scarred uteri. Here we present a case of spontaneous uterine rupture at 13 weeks of gestation in a 32-year-old woman. Our preoperative diagnosis was also uterine rupture. Emergency laparotomy confirmed our initial diagnosis. Clinical signs of uterine rupture in early pregnancy are nonspecific and...

Intestinal obstruction in general, and intussusceptions in particular, is an uncommon clinical event which may complicate pregnancy with significant maternal and fetal mortality. We report a case of strangulating ileocolic intussusception during pregnancy at 22 weeks of gestation and its successful management. The usefulness of ultrasound in early diagnosis of intussusception in pregnancy is br...

Ultrasound is one of the most widely used multipurpose imaging modalities that is ideal for monitoring and diagnosing early pregnancy events. The first sign and measurable element of an early pregnancy is the Gestational Sac (GS). Currently, the size of GS is manually measured from an ultrasound image of the GS. This paper argues that the Mean Sac Diameter (MSD) derived from the manual measurem...