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Jul 10, 2024Open Access
Breast cancer in men is a rare pathology. It represents approximately 1% of breast cancers and 1.2% of male cancers. We report the clinical case of a 54-year-old man referred from a health facility for the management of a non-painful right breast swelling that had been present for 2 months. A breast ultrasound was performed revealing an increase in the glandular parenchyma of the right breast, with the absence of a mass or nodule, classified ACR BI-RADS 2 (American College of Radiology—Breast Im...
Jun 28, 2024Open Access
Background: Assessment of ovarian reserve is an essential parameter in the evaluation of female infertility. It has been established that serum anti-müllerian hormone (AMH) is the best marker of ovarian reserve and predicts the quality of ovarian response to stimulation. However, there is some controversy about the prediction of pregnancy rates. Can the serum AMH assay predict the chances of successful in vitro fertilization (IVF)? Objective: To analyze...
Jun 03, 2024Open Access
We report a case of an umbilical cord hemangioma (HC) diagnosed prena-tally in a twin pregnancy. The first twin had intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). Despite the large size of the HC, the pregnancy resulted in a favorable outcome for both twins. This case adds to the existing literature on HC and highlights the importance of considering HC in the differential diagnosis of fetal abdominal masses.
May 07, 2024Open Access
We report the case of Ms. D. A, aged 36, with no known medical-surgical history, who was seen for consultation on July 20, 2023 at the LATINO medical clinic located in Bamako (Mali) for an intraabdominal mass lasting several months. associated with heaviness-type pain below the umbilical, hyperpolymenorrhea, urinary frequency, in a picture of desire for children over 10 years old.
The clinical and paraclinical examination concluded with the diagnosis of a giant solitary myoma.
A myomectomy by la...
Apr 17, 2024Open Access
Uterine rupture is a severe obstetric complication. The most common risk factor is previous uterine surgery such as myomectomy. Timely diagnosis and prompt intervention are crucial to reduce the high rates of perinatal morbidity and mortality.
In this case report we present a 38-year-old lady with a full-term pregnancy and a history of myomectomy. Presented to obstetric emergency department at beginning of labor. During the cesarean a uterine rupture was found on the scar of the previous myo...
Mar 20, 2024Open Access
Antepartum hemorrhage (APH) contributes significantly to maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality globally, particularly in the developing world like ours. Prevention, early detection, and prompt management cannot be overemphasized to significantly reduce the morbidity and mortality asso-ciated with this condition. Objectives: The study is aimed at determining the prevalence, etiology, sociodemographic characteristics, and the feto-maternal outcome of pregnancies complicat...
Feb 28, 2024Open Access
Diabetic mastopathy is a recently described and uncommon benign entity occurring in young women with prolonged and complicated type 1 diabetes mellitus. Its clinical and radiological signs are not specific and often mimic a breast carcinoma. However, the benign nature of this lesion is easily recog-nized on histological examination, visualizing dense keloid-like fibrosis, lymphocytic lobulitis and ductitis with lymphocytic perivascular inflamma-tion, with or without epithelioid-like fibroblasts....
Jan 22, 2024Open Access
Introduction: Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease is an autoimmune disease that can affect a multitude of organs affecting melanocytes. It is a provider of many complications, mainly ocular and cutaneous. The goal: Through a case study to discuss the impact of VKH disease on pregnancy as well as the role of the obstetrician in the management of pregnancy and disease. Observation: A 30-year-old patient who was diagnosed before her actual pregnancy. The patient was on systemic corticosteroids for d...
Dec 28, 2023Open Access
Introduction: The objectives of this study were to determine contraceptive prevalence, describe the socio-demographic characteristics of clients, and assess the level of knowledge and use of family planning methods by clients at the Forécariah Urban Health Centre. Methods: This was a prospective cross-sectional descriptive study conducted over a period of six (06) months from 05 August 2019 to 05 February 2020 at the Forécariah urban health centre, covering all clients who had used the family pl...
Nov 28, 2023Open Access
Uterine didelphys is a rare congenital anomaly of the female reproductive organs, designated by the presence of the uterus as a pair of organ, the chance of having a pregnancy in one of the uterus while the other one had successfully pregnant twice is very low. In this case, report we present a 31-year-old gravida four para three deliveries (two Cesarean section, alive and healthy, one spontaneous abortion) woman, who received C-section to terminate pregnancy due to intrauterine hypoxia and olig...
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