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Fetal myelomeningocele repair: Rome Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS experience.

Childs Nerv SystNov 10, 2026Open access

A fetus with distal lumbar myelomeningocele was assessed by fetal MRI, which showed a 23 × 11-mm defect, ventricular dilatation, and Chiari II malformation. Open fetal repair was performed at 25 weeks of gestation.

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Fetal MRI can define the myelomeningocele and associated ventricular and hindbrain findings before repair, and can document anatomical changes afterward.

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Case ReportInfectious DiseasesOpen access

Multidisciplinary management of disseminated tuberculosis with tuberculous meningitis and active hepatitis B in a critically ill pregnant woman in the third trimester: a case report.

A 24-year-old woman at 30 weeks’ gestation presented with headache, vomiting, fever, and nuchal rigidity. Cerebrospinal fluid findings confirmed tuberculous meningitis, and chest CT showed diffuse miliary nodules…

Infect Dis PovertyNov 10, 2026Read case
Case ReportHematologyOpen access

Postpartum-acquired hemophilia A presenting as a recurrent rectus sheath hematoma following cesarean section: a case report.

A 30-year-old woman presented 17 days after an uncomplicated second cesarean section with severe abdominal pain and a rectus sheath hematoma.

J Med Case RepNov 7, 2026Read case
Case ReportObstetrics & Gynecology

Concurrent prenatal diagnosis of hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies and congenital pulmonary airway malformation: A case report.

At 24 weeks’ gestation, ultrasound in a 38-year-old woman showed a right fetal thoracic lesion with blood supply from the right pulmonary artery, consistent with congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM).

Medicine (Baltimore)Nov 6, 2026Read case
Case ReportObstetrics & GynecologyOpen access

Heterotopic pregnancy at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital: a case report.

A 34-year-old woman presented after two months of amenorrhoea with acute abdominal pain and haemorrhagic shock. Bedside ultrasound showed a live 8-week intrauterine pregnancy as well as a left adnexal mass and pelvic…

J Med Case RepNov 4, 2026Read case
Case ReportObstetrics & GynecologyOpen access

Rare Sites of Metastases to the Breast and Integumentary System in Advanced Cervical Cancer at Initial Presentation in Eastern Uganda: A Case Report.

A 72-year-old woman in Uganda presented after 13 months of intermittent postmenopausal bleeding and abnormal vaginal discharge, despite repeated treatment for presumed urinary and sexually transmitted infections.

Int Med Case Rep JNov 3, 2026Read case
Case ReportMedical Genetics

Genetic Counseling and Shared Decision-Making for a Male Carrier of a Balanced Reciprocal Translocation Facing Financial Barriers to Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Structural Rearrangements: A Case Study.

A man in his early thirties with severe oligozoospermia was found to carry a balanced reciprocal translocation. Genetic counseling covered reproductive risks, PGT-SR and prenatal testing options, expected outcomes, and…

J Genet CounsNov 4, 2026Read case
Case ReportObstetrics & Gynecology

Maternal Ascites as an Atypical Presentation of Severe Preeclampsia: A Case Report.

A 23-year-old woman at 30 weeks and 2 days’ gestation, admitted with fetal growth restriction and intermittent absent end-diastolic flow on umbilical artery Doppler, developed severe preeclampsia superimposed on chronic…

Am J Case RepNov 4, 2026Read case
Case ReportObstetrics & GynecologyOpen access

Chronic Left Lower Quadrant Pain-A Case Report of Synchronous Bilateral Ovarian Torsion.

A 40-year-old woman presented with chronic left lower-quadrant pain and was found to have synchronous torsion of both ovaries.

CRSLSNov 4, 2026Read case
Case ReportObstetrics & Gynecology

Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome Prenatal Diagnosis: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature.

A report of two fetuses with suspected Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) describes prenatal ultrasound findings of marked right-thigh soft-tissue swelling and thickening, with tortuous, dilated arterial and venous…

Am J Case RepNov 3, 2026Read case
Case ReportObstetrics & Gynecology

Integrated management of uterine prolapse during pregnancy: Case report and literature review of successful term delivery following cervical cerclage and pessary utilization.

A 43-year-old woman with recurrent pregnancy losses, including a second-trimester loss attributed to cervical incompetence, presented at 11 weeks’ gestation with stage III uterine prolapse.

Taiwan J Obstet GynecolOct 30, 2026Read case
Case ReportObstetrics & Gynecology

Conservative management of disseminated intravascular coagulation caused by uterine leiomyoma degeneration in pregnancy: Case report and review.

A 35-year-old woman at 25 weeks’ gestation presented with lower abdominal pain and a tender 6.5 cm uterine leiomyoma; fetal well-being and placental appearance were normal on ultrasonography.

Taiwan J Obstet GynecolOct 30, 2026Read case

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