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Neurofibromatosis-1 and Pregnancy: Case reportKalmantis K, Petsa A, Daskalakis G, Alexopoulos E, Korovesi E, Antsaklis P, Karagkiouzis T
Introduction: Neurofibromatosis type-1 (NF-1) is one of the most common genetic diseases following an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern. Maternal and fetal complications have been reported. Purpose: To present a very interesting and rare case report regarding neurofibromatosis – 1 (NF-1) in pregnancy and to create a complete review concerning this genetic disease …
Review
Preserving Fertility For Breast Cancer Patients: where do we stand today?Psarris A, Marinopoulos S, Kallianidis K, Loutradis D, Drakakis P
Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women of reproductive age. The advances in treatment have resulted in an increased survival rate. However, keeping in mind that most women have not completed their families, treatment-related infertility poses a serious concern. The purpose of this review is to analyse the current options for fertility preservation in young breast cancer patients …
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Ovarian cysts in pregnancy. When surgical treatment required and when monitoring preferred?Kalmantis K, Petsa A, Alexopoulos E, Daskalakis G, Rodolakis A
Introduction: Ovarian cysts occur in 3% of pregnancies. Usually, they do not have clinical symptoms and are found accidentally during the ultrasound screening performed in the 1st trimester of pregnancy. Materials and Methods: Articles were identified through electronic databases; no date or language restrictions were placed; relevant citations were hand searched. The search was conducted using the following terms …
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Prediction of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the first trimester of pregnancyEleftheriades M, Karopoulou E, Papastefanou I, Kappou D, Sotiriadis A, Chrousos G
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as any degree of carbohydrate intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. This entity has been increasing in prevalence and has been associated with various maternal and perinatal adverse outcomes. There is much controversy about the diagnostic criteria and management of GDM and current screening models are based on maternal and obstetric characteristics …
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Pregnancy associated cancer: General principlesIoannis Rellias, Alexandra Tsigginou, Flora Zagouri, Spyridon Marinopoulos, Aris Giannos, Kalliopi Pappa, Constantine Dimitrakakis
Pregnancy associated cancer is defined as the cancer diagnosed during pregnancy or within 1 year postpartum. Since women seem to be delaying childbearing to later ages than in previous generations, the incidence of cancer during pregnancy is constantly increasing. Treatment of cancer during pregnancy is a difficult clinical …
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Melanoma metastatic to the breastIoannidis Charilaos
Metastatic tumors to the breast are rare. A case of a 49- year old female patient with a fast growing breast lump, that proved to be metastatic melanoma from an earlier treated cutaneous melanoma of the lower extremity, is presented. Treatment suggestions are made considering the dismal prognosis of these patients …
Research
HIV infection in pregnancy: Analysis of twenty casesKasioni Spiridoula, Pappas Stefanos, Vlachadis Nikolaos, Valsamidi Irene, Stournaras Stamatis, Nousia Konstantina, Farmakides George
Introduction: Prevention of mother – to – child transmission of HIV is at the forefront of global HIV prevention activities. Administration of antiretroviral drugs to mothers and neonates, scheduled caesarian section and prohibition of breastfeeding considerably have been indicated to decrease HIV transmission to the offspring. Material and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 20 cases of HIV positive …
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Gestational diabetes: Its classification and optimal managementVitoratos Nikolaos, Vrachnis Nikolaos, Vlahos Nikolaos, Peristeris Kostantinos, Iliodromiti Zoe, Creatsas George
The classification of diabetes mellitus includes diabetes mellitus type I, diabetes mellitus type II, gestational diabetes and other specific types. Unfortunately, the incidence diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, or gestational diabetes, today ranging between 4 and 7%, has been globally on the rise in recent years, particularly among women over 32 years old. According to the International Association …
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Uterine prolapse complicating pregnancy: A case reportAmmari Alexandros, Tsikouras Panagiotis, Dimitraki Marina, Liberis Anastasios, Kontomanolis Emmanuel, Galazios Georgios, Liberis Vasileios
Uterine prolapse concurrent with pregnancy is a rare event. Complications resulting from the prolapse of the uterus in pregnancy vary from minor cervical infection to spontaneous abortion, preterm labor and maternal and fetal death. We report a case of stage 3 uterine prolapse during pregnancy presented at our antenatal clinic. The patient had pre-existing uterine prolapse, was treated …
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Placental eicosanoids as endocrine and paracrine mediators during pregnancyIliodromiti Zoe, Grigoriadis Charalampos, Stournaras Stamatis, Daniilidis Angelos, Dafopoulos Konstantinos, Vrachnis Nikolaos
Eicosanoids, biologically active molecules possessing a wide range of functions, include prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes. During pregnancy, eicosanoids are produced by the chorionic membranes and the decidua as well as by the placenta. The eicosanoids play an important role throughout pregnancy. During implantation, they enable the trophoblast to invade and colonize …