Cyclopamine, a steroidal alkaloid from Veratrum californicum, is teratogenic causing a range of birth defects including cyclopia (synophthalmia) as well as other craniofacial and structural malformations. Previous studies have indicated that fetuses with cyclopia are smaller, under developed, and appear premature compared to gestational matched normal fetuses. Preliminary observations suggest t...

Aim. To analyze Inferior Mesenteric Artery in fetuses through its site of origin, length, diameter, and variation of its branches. Method. 100 fetuses were collected from various hospitals in Warangal at Kakatiya Medical College in Andhra Pradesh, India, and were divided into two groups, group I (second-trimester fetuses) and group II (third-trimester fetuses), followed by dissection. Result. (...

ewe abortion and neonatal mortality are serious problems to sheep farmer. the objective of this paper was to report isolation of erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae from aborted fetuses in a flock in tehran, iran. abortion occurred in 10% of ewes in the flock. the fetuses were well developed and pinpoint, necrotic-like lesions were recorded on the placental cotyledons, whilst the inter -cotyledonary a...

OBJECTIVE To examine the possible association between aneuploidies and fetal lateral cerebral ventriculomegaly in the first trimester of pregnancy. METHODS Three-dimensional brain volumes were acquired by transvaginal ultrasound examination at 11-13 weeks' gestation in 410 euploid fetuses and 63 fetuses with trisomy 21, 34 with trisomy 18 and seven with trisomy 13. Lateral ventricles were ass...

Objective: A secondary ectopic pregnancy is defined as continuing development of a fetus in the abdominal cavity after rupture of the uterine wall, which may be associated with a history of trauma. Methods: A cat was referred to the veterinary teaching hospital of the University of Tehran with history of anorexia and vaginal bleeding. In clinical examination some masses werepalpated in abdomina...

Ewe abortion and neonatal mortality are serious problems to sheep farmer. The objective of this paper was to report isolation of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae from aborted fetuses in a flock in Tehran, Iran. Abortion occurred in 10% of ewes in the flock. The fetuses were well developed and pinpoint, necrotic-like lesions were recorded on the placental cotyledons, whilst the inter -cotyledonary a...

Objective: A secondary ectopic pregnancy is defined as continuing development of a fetus in the abdominal cavity after rupture of the uterine wall, which may be associated with a history of trauma. Methods: A cat was referred to the veterinary teaching hospital of the University of Tehran with history of anorexia and vaginal bleeding. In clinical examination some masses werepalpated in abdomina...

Background: To compare of two factors of Hemocysteine and Gherelin in IUGR and normal growth fetues. Materials and Methods: In this study, forthy fetuses were assessed for growth by ultrasound as IUGR with abnormal doppler and AGA fetus, Hemocysteine and Gherelin from cord blood were compared after delivery. Results: Two factors of Hemocysteine and Gherelin were increased in IUGR fetuses. Concl...

OBJECTIVE To review the management and outcome of fetal tachycardia, and to determine the problems encountered with various treatment protocols. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SUBJECTS 127 consecutive fetuses with a tachycardia presenting between 1980 and 1996 to a single tertiary centre for fetal cardiology. The median gestational age at presentation was 32 weeks (range 18 to 42). ...

Adipose tissue development was studied histochemically and histologically in fetuses from lean and obese sows. At 110 days of gestation, fetuses were removed from Ossabaw (obese-feral) sows and from sows selected for high backfat (obese-domestic) and for low backfat (lean) thickness. Body weights were similar for lean (916 +/- 225 g) and obese (822 +/- 167 g) domestic fetuses, whereas obese fer...