Volume 55, Number 5, October2010

  Editorials
365
L. D. Devoe, M.D.
 
  Original Articles
367
B. J. Miller, M.D., D. S. Poehlmann, M.D., and Z. D. Mulla, Ph.D.
Among a group of women hospitalized throughout Texas for pelvic inflammatory disease, several factors, including black race and diabetes, increased the odds for a prolonged length of stay.
 
 


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M. G. Zlatnik, M.D., M.M.S., S. E. Little, M.D., P. Kohli, M.D., A. J. Kaimal, M.D., N. E. Stotland, M.D., and A. B. Caughey, M.D., Ph.D.
Delivery at 36 weeks, 48 hours after steroid administration, for women with placenta previa optimizes maternal and neonatal outcomes.
 
 


382
L. Meints, M.D., M.B.A., and N. Chescheir, M.D.
Some infectious diseases should be commonly screened for during pregnancy among pregnant women from multiple global regions.
 
 


387
B. Luke, Sc.D., M.P.H., M. B. Brown, Ph.D., J. E. Stern, Ph.D., D. A. Grainger, M.D., M.P.H., N. Klein, M.D., and M. Cedars, M.D.
Transferring ?3 embryos is associated with significantly increased risk of moderate growth restriction in pregnancies resulting in singleton or twin live births.
 
 


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R. M. Kamel, Ph.D., M.R.C.O.G.
The risk factor checklist created in this study could be used by health care providers to reduce the rate of spontaneous preterm birth by early identification of women at risk who require further management.
 
 


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R. Bhamra, Ph.D., U. Kaercher, Ph.D., and C. M. O�Leary, Pharm.D.
This pharmacokinetic study demonstrated the consistent and steady levels of estrogens achieved during steady-state dosing with oral administration of a modified-release tablet.
 
 


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K. Loi, M.R.C.O.G., M. Lau, M.R.C.O.G., S. F. Loh, F.R.C.O.G., Y. Y. Tan, M.R.C.S., G. S. Hong, M.R.C.S., M. Y. Chan, M.R.C.P., and A. M. Tan, F.R.C.P.
Fertility preservation is an increasingly important issue, and greater emphasis should be placed on counseling patients regarding their options during the treatment planning process.
 
 


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B. Kumbak, M.D., I. E. Atak, M.A., R. Attar, M.D., G. Yildirim, M.D., N. Yesildaglar, M.D., and C. Ficicioglu, M.D.
Male factor infertility as the cause of a couple�s infertility problem does not have an adverse effect on the psychologic status of men undergoing assisted reproductive treatment.
 
 


423
A. Ferraiolo, M.D., I. Dellacasa, M.D., G. Bentivoglio, M.D., S. Ferrero, Ph.D., and N. Ragni, M.D.
This study has allowed us to confirm that both dinoprostone formulations are equally efficient in inducing cervical ripening with a low incidence of failure if eligibility criteria are correctly followed.
 
 


  Case Reports
430
D. S. Heller, M.D., L. E. Harrison, M.D., and S. Peters, M.D.
Ectopic pancreatic tissue is a rare potential mimic of adenocarcinoma. Awareness of this lesion will increase its recognition.
 
 


433
J. C. Riggs, M.D., F. Zarghami, M.D., K. Najid, D.O., K. Haber, B.A., and S. M. Schreffler, B.S.
A case of severe intraabdominal bleeding with hypovolemic shock postpartum from the rupture of a previously undiagnosed Sertoli-Leydig cell ovarian tumor is reported.
 
 


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L. Blihovde, M.D., J. Tawfik, M.D., and D. A. Hill, M.D.
A prelabor uterine rupture of an unscarred uterus presented atypically when the fetal legs occluded a ruptured fundal defect.
 
 


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S. Schuman, M.D., J. M. Pearson, M.D., J. A. Lucci III, M.D., and L. B. Twiggs, M.D.
Rasburicase was used successfully in the management of tumor lysis syndrome in a patient with metastatic gestational trophoblastic neoplasia.
 
 


445
T.-W. Kong, M.D., J.-H. Kim, M.D., S.-J. Chang, M.D., Ph.D., K.-H. Chang, M.D., Ph.D., H.-S. Ryu, M.D., Ph.D., and H.-J. Joo, M.D.
A case of sarcomatoid squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix, a rare tumor, was successfully treated by laparoscopic radical hysterectomy.
 
 


449
V. Kawatra, M.D., K. Kohli, M.D., DNB, and N. Khurana, M.D.
Tuberculosis can mimic malignancy in patients with infertility, menstrual irregularities, an abdominal mass and weight loss.
 
 


452
Y. He,�K. Yang,�F. Yang, M.D., and X. Wu
Solitary fibrous tumor should be taken into consideration during diagnostic process when considering spindle cell lesions of the vulva.