Biomedical subjects

S B Hosmer

Publications and source records attributed to S B Hosmer.

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PubMed1997

Hydatidiform mole.

Hydatidiform mole is a gestational trophoblastic disease that arises from fetal rather than maternal tissue and can become metastatic. Most signs and symptoms occur late in the first trimester and are often confused with symptoms of a normal pregnancy and, thus, are often disregarded. The two most important diagnostic tools to detect this disease are the ultrasound and the quantitative beta-human chorionic gonadotropin assay. Treatment includes dilation and evacuation of the uterus and strict follow-up of quantitative beta-human chorionic gonadotropin levels. It is also important that the patient be placed on a reliable form of birth control during her follow-up period.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1997

Couvelaire uterus.

Uteroplacental apoplexy is a rare but nonfatal complication of severe forms of placental abruption. It occurs when vascular damage within the placenta causes hemorrhaging that progresses to and infiltrates the wall of the uterus. It is a syndrome that can only be diagnosed by direct visualization or biopsy (or both). For this reason, its occurrence is perhaps underreported and underestimated in the literature. The subject of this report is a 24-year-old pregnant woman who had a placental abruption an in whom classic uteroplacental apoplexy was diagnosed at the time of her cesarean section.

Abdominal Pain↗