PubMed · 7430668
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B Prasad, N Ghosh. 1980-04-16. Foetus compressus.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7430668/
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Although Candida species are frequent saprophytes of the female genital tract, chorioamnionitis or intrauterine fetal infections are rarely caused by these fungi. The present report describes a 34-year-old woman G2, P2, presenting with vaginal bleeding in the 11.6 weeks of gestation. Clinical and sonographic examination revealed a missed abortion and rested IUD. Histopathologically, a fungal chorioamnionitis due to Candida spp. was found at the curetting material, confirmed by detection of C. albicans infection on mycological culture. Foreign intrauterine bodies, like IUD's and cerclage sutures predispose to fungal chorioamnitis or fetal infections. This conditions urge repetetive search for Candida spp. to establish early anti-fungal therapy which may be therapeutic for this hithero rare intrauterine infection.
OBJECTIVE: To describe a rare case of spontaneous conception in a patient with a preexisting metastatic ovarian cancer. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT(S): A 39-year-old Asian woman who conceived while undergoing an evaluation for primary infertility and newly detected bilateral adnexal masses. INTERVENTION(S): Staging laparotomy and total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Anatomic pathology diagnosis. RESULT(S): Blighted ovum and stage IIIC endometrioid adenocarcinoma of ovary. CONCLUSION(S): Metastatic ovarian cancer does not prevent either spontaneous ovulation or spontaneous conception.
The progression of herpes simplex-2 genital infection in pregnant mice was studied by detection of viral antigens using immunoperoxidase in tissue sections, electron microscopy and virus isolation. The majority of mice (66.66%) died at 8-9 days post-inoculation. Abortions were observed in 69.23% of the infected mice along with impairment of labor and delivery. Herpes antigens were detected in most of the autonomic nerves of the uterus, including those surrounding small arterioles in the myometrium and the Auerbach and Meissner plexa of the large bowel, but not in the abortions or placentas. The infection of uterine autonomic fibers and myometrial cells could explain the delivery impairment and could have provoked a decrease in blood flow leading to abortions.