Neurofibromatosis type 1 and pregnancy outcome: A case report

Vlora Ademi Ibishi, Hajrullah Latifi, Lena Ibishi, Anne Malin

Background: Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder with high variability of clinical expression. Cutaneous manifestations such as café-au-lait spots, freckling patterns, and dermal neurofibromas, are the most distinguishable and common signs appearing in the vast majority of individuals with NF-1. Instances where  a patient is both pregnant …

Euglycaemic ketoacidosis during pregnancy: More common than you think

I. Sapantzoglou, A. Psarris, P. Perros, A. Varthaliti, P. Antsaklis, M. Theodora, M. Syndos, G. Daskalakis

Background: Euglycaemic ketoacidosis is a rare type of metabolic acidosis, with increased production of ketonic bodies and normal serum glucose. When it occurs during pregnancy, it might lead to adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. Pregnancy itself is a diabetogenic state that might predispose the patient to develop ketoacidosis following even relatively short periods of starvation and as such …

Intrapartum pubic symphysis diastasis in a primigravida woman

Marinos Nikolaou, Maria Katsafarou, Georgios Papadocostakis, Theodoros Katasos

Pubic symphysis diastasis in pregnancy is a rare obstetric complication. A case of a 35 year old primigravid woman with severe pubic symphysis diastasis and sacroiliac joint relaxation during non-operative vaginal delivery is reported and the literature reviewed. The patient was successfully treated by open reduction and internal fixation with plate and screws …

Two critically ill pregnant patients with SARS-CoV-2: A clinical cases report from the Republic of Cyprus

Andria Syka, Kyriakos Alexandrou, Lakis Palazis

An interdisciplinary and individualized approach should be implemented with regard to the management of severe COVID-19 in pregnancy. The present study deals with the clinical course of 2 pregnant women who have been diagnosed with this disease and needed admission to an ICU and mechanical respiratory support in Cyprus. The data collection took place in a general ICU of the General Hospital of Nicosia …

Deep vein thrombosis in pregnancy

Zacharias Fasoulakis, Aikaterini Mpairami, George Asimakopoulos, Konstantinos Tasias, Michael Sindos, George Daskalakis, Alexandros Rodolakis, Marianna Theodora

Venous thrombotic events (VTE) prevalence is estimated to be 1-2 for every 10,000 pregnancies, making it one of main causes of maternal mortality in developed countries. VTE’s leading risk factors are history of the condition and hereditary thrombophilia. D-dimer tests conducted during pregnancies have in many cases led to false positive results while a few false negatives have also been found. For pregnant women …

Fetal maternal immune cross talking and vaccination during pregnancy

Panagiota Masoura, Georgia Koutsogeorgopoulou, Diamanto Tsianni, Anastasia Kourtesa, Kalliopi Pappa

Maternal adaptations in pregnancy induce complex physiological changes of the immune system which protect mother’s health and ensure the accommodation of the growing embryo. The innate immunity is amplified and the adaptive immunity is partially suppressed, preserving the ability to produce antibodies…

Overweight in childhood and early adulthood is associated with parental Body Mass Index and perinatal risk factors

Konstantinos D. Tambalis, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, Labros S. Sidossis

Background: To investigate the associations of pregnancy and pre-pregnancy parental characteristics on child’s weight and progression at the early adulthood. Material and Methods: Α random sample of 5,125 dyads children and their mothers was assessed. Mothers were asked to provide information contained in their medical booklets and pregnancy ultrasound records. With the use of a standardized questionnaire, telephone interviews were carried out for the collection of parental factors and offspring’s BMI…

Physical activity and exercise during pregnancy in Greece: A cross-sectional study

Ermioni Tsarna, Ioanna Mavrommati, Grigorios Bogdanis, Olga Triantafillidou,  George Paltoglou, Panagiotis Christopoulos

Introduction: Physical activity and exercise during pregnancy is regarded safe and beneficial in absence of pregnancy complications. The aim of this cross-sectional study is to describe physical activity of pregnant women in Greece and explore if it changes during pregnancy compared to the period before pregnancy…

Luteal phase pregnancy after mirena coil insertion for intrauterine septum resection

Natasha Louise Citeroni, Rifat Syed

This report is of an unusual case of an intrauterine singleton pregnancy with a Mirena Coil (IUS) in situ following an elective hysteroscopic intrauterine septum resection for treatment of primary subfertility in a 27-year-old female. The patient elected to continue with the pregnancy and underwent additional monitoring via ultrasound. A caesarean section was undertaken at 39-weeks gestation and a healthy male infant was born …