Case 1: A 35 -year-old woman, G3P2, presented in early pregnancy with light vaginal bleeding that had begun earlier in the day. Her obstetrics history revealed 2 lower transverse caesarean sections performed 3 and 4 years previously. Her last menstrual period placed her gestational age at 9 weeks, and she had not yet begun prenatal care. The first transvaginal sonographic evaluation revealed a ...

BACKGROUND Monozygotic monochorionic triplet pregnancy with conjoined twins is a very rare condition and is associated with many complications. CASE In this study, we describe a monochorionic-diamniotic triplet pregnancy after in vitro fertilization with an intracytoplasmic sperm injection. At a gestational age of 6 weeks and 4 days of pregnancy one gestational sac was observed, and at a gest...

In adults, the nonclassical MHC class I molecule, FcRn, binds both IgG and albumin and rescues both from a degradative fate, endowing both proteins with high plasma concentrations. FcRn also transports IgG from mother to young during gestation. Anticipating that a detailed understanding of gestational IgG transport in the mouse may give us a useful model to understand FcRn function in the human...

STUDY QUESTION Is there an association between chorionic villous vascularization, ultrasound findings and corresponding chromosome results in early miscarriage specimens from a cohort of recurrent pregnancy loss patients? SUMMARY ANSWER We did not find a significant difference in vascularization scores of chorionic villi between embryonic, yolk sac or empty sac miscarriages, or between euploi...

Objective This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness and safety of medical treatment with sublingual misoprostol (MS) in the 1st trimester miscarriage under the approval by Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) for off-label usage by the single medical center in Korea. Methods A retrospective cohort study was performed in one institution between April 2013 and Jun...

A 36-year-old female who had a emergency caesarean section 7 years ago due to fetal distress, this time presented to the clinic for the dating scan. Transvaginal ultrasound showed a gestational sac of 21 mm size with a fetal pole over the previous caesarean scar and there were no free fluid in the peritoneal cavity. Patient was clinically asymptomatic on presentation. Laparoscopic excision of c...

The authors describe a rare case of secondary abdominal pregnancy after in vitro fertilization pre-embryo transfer (IVF-ET). Ultrasonography was applied to image ectopic gestational sac containing a yolk vesicle and located adjacent to the anterior uterine wall and left adnexa. Laparoscopy was done on the same day followed by sinistral salpingectomy due to tubal abortion indications. Intraabdom...