background: ovarian immature teratoma is a very rare type of tumor associated with a high relapse rate and mortality. correspondingly, early diagnosis is important for effective treatment. the goal of this study was to retrospectively analyze the ultrasound characteristics of 11 cases of immature teratomas. materials and methods: between january 2002 and december 2010, 11 patients were diagnose...

the objective of this study was evaluation of excessive pregnancy weight gain effect in non-diabetic women with normal pre-pregnancy bmi on macrosomia of neonate. in a descriptive cross-sectional study, neonate weighs of all term pregnancy in non-diabetic women with normal pre-pregnancy bmi delivered from 2002 to 2004 in shaheed sadoughi hospital in yazd, were evaluated. compared with mothers w...

there are now several tests available that can assess fetal status. a series of 164 cases of high risk pregnancies were studied in order to assess predictive value of a nonstress test. the majority (36%) of patients complained about postdate pregnancy. a nonreactive test was identified in 24 of the patients (14.6%). fetal distress, low apgar score in 1 and 10 minutes after birth and mean of apg...