Study of pelvic organ prolapse as a predictor of osteoporotic fracture risk.

Purpose: The present study aimed to examine the association between the stage of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and the risk of fracture in postmenopausal women.Methods: A cross-sectional design was used, which included 133 women with POP over 50 years of age. The participants were classified according to their POP stage, underwent blood tests (hemogram, biochemistry, bone remodeling markers, and hormone tests), and completed a sociodemographic and lifestyle questionnaire along with densitometry, FRAX, and FRIDEX tests.Results: Of the 133 women studied, 66 presented stages I-II POP (49.6%) and 67 III-IV POP (50.4%). The mean age of the participants was 64.47 years. Women with a high POP stage showed higher FRAX scores for major osteoporotic and hip fracture (p .001 and p < .001p). Bivariate analysis revealed that higher scores on the FRIDEX scale were associated with a higher POP stage (p = .032). In addition, there was a marginally significant negative association between bone mineral density (BMD) and POP stage (p = .054).Conclusions: High-stage POP can be considered an independent predictor of osteoporotic fracture risk, as measured using the FRAX and FRIDEX scales.

Diagnóstico prenatal de teratomainmaduro intracraneal / Prenatal diagnosis of intracranial immature

Los tumores intracraneales fetales tienen una baja incidencia.La variedad anatomopatológica más frecuente la constituyeel teratoma. En la mayoría de los casos el pronósticoes malo ya que supera la línea media, suele presentar un rápidocrecimiento y la mayoría de los fetos mueren intraúteroo poco después de su nacimiento.Presentamos una gestante de 27 semanas que consultapor brusco aumento de la altura uterina y distensión abdominal.En la valoración ecográfica se aprecia una circunferenciacefálica muy aumentada a expensas de una masa heterogéneaque ocupa todo el cráneo, no visualizándose estructurascerebrales indemnes y que produce exoftalmos derecho. Dadoel mal pronóstico fetal, se induce el parto por interés maternoy finalmente éste se produce mediante cesárea de un fetomujer fallecido intraparto. El estudio anatomopatológico informade teratoma inmaduro intracraneal (AU)

Intracranial fetal tumors have a low incidence. Mostof the cases are teratomas in the histology. The prognosisis poor because they normally override the middle line ofthe brain, present a rapid growth and almost all the fetusesdie intrauterus or short after birth.We present a 27 weeks pregnant woman that cameto the emergency casualty because of a sudden increasedof the abdominal height. In the ultrasound we could seea very large cephalic circumference at expense of a heterogeneous mass that occupied all the fetal head and producedextrusion of the facial structures. There were notany recognizable anatomical parts of the normal fetalbrain remaining. In view of the fatal prognosis, the labourwas induced and terminated by a cesarean sectioneven after trying to reduce the head volume by intrapartumaspiration of the tumoral mass. The histology wasreported as immature teratoma (AU)