Elective induction of labor may be an independent risk factor for delivery of an infant requiring immediate attention.

The addition of obesity and birth weight to previously published risk-adjustment models should improve representation of practicing obstetricians' views.

Order of testing at vulvar and peripheral sites has little impact on the results of pressure-responsive sensitivity testing among women with and without vulvodynia.

The macroscopic appearance of endometriotic lesions should not be used as a criterion to define the degree of activity.

Clinically indicated prenatal urine testing may safely be substituted for routine prenatal urine screening without a change in diagnosis rates of selected adverse pregnancy outcomes.

The pathogenesis of pelvic actinomycosis with retained intrauterine fetal bone may be similar to that of actinomycosis associated with an intrauterine device.

The benign behavior of benign lipoblastomalike tumor of the vulva and its specific histologic aspects suggest complete excision without radiation as the preferred treatment modality.

Identification of early signs of fetal compromise of hydrops may help to predict patients who will develop mirror syndrome and improve outcomes with earlier intervention.

It is important to consider choriocarcinoma in pregnant women in the presence of a normal fetus, beta-hCG level >200,000 mIU/mL and abnormal chest radiograph.

Cesarean birth in the morbidly obese woman is a frequent occurrence and requires careful perioperative planning to ensure an optimal maternal and newborn outcome.

Rupture of a tuboovarian abscess into the anterior abdominal wall may present in an atypical fashion.

The importance of this case is that the presence of vaginal and cervical duplication with a unified uterine fundus is not explained by classic embryologic theory.

This is the first reported case of osseous metaplasia of both the endometrium and ovaries; conservative management with endoscopic surgery was effective.

In meconium peritonitis in a twin pregnancy, the smaller twin, with type III disease, had a better outcome than did the larger twin, with type II.

In cases of an undetermined pelvic or abdominal mass, especially when calcification is present, teratoma of the fallopian tube should be kept in mind.

This case suggests that simple embryo aspiration of the cervical pregnancy, excluding amniotic fluid, in cervical heterotopic pregnancy is a good method of preserving the intrauterine pregnancy while minimizing invasiveness and side effects.

Spontaneous resolution of fetal ascites, with a good prognosis, can occur in cases with an idiopathic etiology.