[Ovarian metastasis of cancer of the small intestine with simultaneous ovarian pregnancy]. / Ovarialmetastase eines Dünndarmkarzinoms mit simultaner Ovarialgravidität.

Report about a case of an ovarian metastasis of a small intestinal adenocarcinoma in a 25 year old woman. Diagnosis was difficult because of a simultaneous ovarian pregnancy on the same ovary. This is very seldom.

[Detection of circulating immune complexes in the serum of pregnant patients in normal pregnancy and in pregnancy-induced hypertension using precipitation by polyethylene glycol]. / Untersuchungen zum Nachweis zirkulierender Immunkomplexe im Serum Gravider während der ungestörten Schwangerschaft und bei schwangerschaftsinduzierter Hypertonie (SIH) mittels der Präzipitation durch Polyethylenglykol.

30 non-pregnant women, 250 women with normal pregnancy and 130 women with pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) have been examined to show the presence of circulating immune complexes in serum. The immune complex concentration in normal pregnancy shows a rapid decrease from 6th up to 12th gestational week, then a plateau near to 35th week and further a slight increase. Decrease and increase can be described only with hypothesis. The immune complex concentration in 1st and 3rd trimenon of normal pregnancy was significantly different to non-pregnant women. As like as the group of normal pregnancies the women with PIH showed an increase of immune complex concentration on a higher level, but the differences between both groups were not significant.

[Occurrence of circulating immune complexes in the umbilical cord serum of mature newborn infants]. / Untersuchungen zum Auftreten zirkulierender Immunkomplexe im Nabelschnurserum reifer Neugeborener.

Serum was taken both from maternal and umbilical cord blood from 28 term deliveries (37th till 41st gestational week) for quantitative estimation of circulating immune complexes. Aim of the study was to evidence the transfer of circulating immune complexes from maternal into fetal circulation system quantitatively. Concentration of immune complexes in umbilical cord serum was between 50 to 90 per cent of that in maternal serum.

[Evaluation of cervix dilatation in the active phase]. / Zur Beurteilung der Muttermundseröffnung in der Aktivphase.

This paper describes a prospective study of 50 primiparae and 50 multiparae, whose duration of cervical dilatation in the active phase has been investigated. The rate of cervical dilatation after 3 cm was found at 1.93 cm/h in primiparae and nearly one and a half times faster in multiparae. Friedman's S-shaped curve of cervical dilatation could not be confirmed.

[Determination of circulating immune complexes in the serum of patients with cytologically suspected and cytologically positive cervix smears]. / Bestimmung zirkulierender Immunkomplexe im Serum von Patientinnen mit zytologisch suspekten und zytologisch positiven Zervixabstrichen.

In a pilot study there was taken away venous blood from 26 women for quantitative examination of circulating immune complexes because of cytologic suspected or positive diagnosis of the cervix uteri before planned conization. The concentration of immune complexes would be opposed to the colposcopic, cytologic and histologic diagnoses. In comparison to 26 women with cytological inconspicuous cervix diagnoses there is a light increase of immune complex concentration, but there is no significant difference between both groups.