amenorrhea/fever

Hyperthermia is defined as a temperature of at least 1.5 degrees C over the normal core body temperature. It is a proven teratogen in animals and in humans. The type of defects induced by hyperthermia in experimental animals are: anencephaly/exencephaly, encephalocele, microphthalmia,

A 42-year-old woman visited the pulmonologist for follow-up after a pneumonia. In retrospect the pneumonia appeared to be a manifestation of an acute Q fever infection. A few weeks later the patient was found to be unexpectedly pregnant. At the normal serological follow-up six months after the

Some cases of late abortion occurring after a Coxiella burneti infection, more often with a chronic evolution, have already been mentioned in the literature. We reported here two cases of early abortion, contemporaneous of an acute infection due to C. burneti. Two patients, after a contact, before

A case of Genital tuberculosis in a female patient is presented. The key presenting features in this lady were chronic weight loss, colicky lower abdominal pains, fever, and amenorrhea. The fact that tuberculosis is still very much around and could present in unpredictable ways is emphasised.

Two previously healthy women, aged 30 and 35 years, suffered pain in the lower abdomen, one before and the other after spontaneous delivery at 40 and 33 4/7 weeks of amenorrhoea, respectively, while a third woman, aged 33, at 36 weeks of amenorrhoea developed pain in the lower abdomen, fever,

The involvement of the hypothalamic and/or the pituitary gland during granulomatous, infiltrative or autoimmune diseases is a rare condition of acquired hypothalamic dysfunction and non-tumoral-non-vascular hypopituitarism. Sarcoidosis is a pathogen-free granulomatous disease which affects both

The objectives of this study are autoinflammatory syndromes which are usually characterized by repeated attacks of fever, especially in children. The presentation of these diseases, however, varies between entities and between patients of a particular syndrome. We report a 16-year-old female

The authors describe a clinical case of Multiple Organ Failure (MOF). Such a pathology was reported, at admission in ICU, in a young woman aged 26 who was in the 30th week of amenorrhoea, formerly hospitalized in Obstetrics, where she had had a Caesarean section because of the met of eclamptic

Fifteen (14%) of 105 women with Ebola hemorrhagic fever hospitalized in the isolation unit of the Kikwit General Hospital (Democratic Republic of the Congo) were pregnant. In 10 women (66%) the pregnancy ended with an abortion. In 3 of them, a curettage was performed, and all 3 received a blood

Here we report a case of VACTERL ASSOCIATION in a twenty three years old married female patient primigravida with 3 months of amenorrhea admitted with history of fever and gastroenteritis along with congenital developmental defects such as scoliosis (V), small ventricular septal defect (C), right

OBJECTIVE To explore the application of uterine artery embolization (UAE) in complete placenta previa, placenta implantation, and pernicious placenta previa during second trimester pregnancy induced labor. METHODS From April 2013 to April 2014, the present hospital admitted 12 cases of

Sarcoidosis is a chronic disease of unknown aetiology. Neurosarcoidosis is registered in 5% of patients with sarcoidosis. Clinical manifestations of sarcoidosis are numerous and diverse. Manifestation of Neurosarcoidosis includes partial- and grand-mal seizures, low-grade fever, headache, increased

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to compare the sublingual administration and the vaginal administration of misoprostol for cervical priming before first-trimester surgical abortion. METHODS We used an open, multicenter, randomized trial. METHODS We conducted the study in four clinics (in Valencia,

Pregnancy is a common decompensation factor for women with post-rheumatic mitral disease. However, valvular heart diseases causing severe acute respiratory distress are rare. Use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) early in the event of cardiorespiratory failure after cardiac surgery may

The strategy of primary Caesarean section (I. UFK) was compared to the strategy of conservative vaginal delivery (SFK) in nulliparous women with singleton breech presentation. 160 women of the I. UFK and 178 women of the SFK were entered into this retrospective study. Women with gemini, preterm