Publications by authors named "Rawan A Obeidat"

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  • Ogilvie syndrome is a rare condition marked by acute colonic dilation, first described in 1948, with an incidence of about 100 cases per 100,000 people annually in the US, and major symptoms include abdominal distention and pain.
  • A case study of a 32-year-old pregnant woman revealed that after a caesarean section, she developed severe abdominal pain and distension, leading to the discovery of a caecal perforation requiring surgery.
  • This condition, although more common in males, can affect women post-childbirth or pelvic surgery, and diagnosis involves imaging to check for bowel obstruction, while treatment options include conservative measures, medication, or colonoscopic decompression.
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Background: Malignant Struma Ovarii (MSO) is a rare type of germ cell tumour which is diagnosed postoperatively on surgical pathology specimens by the presence of differentiated thyroid cancer in mature cystic teratomas in the ovaries. Treatment and follow-up procedures are not clearly established due to the paucity of MSO cases. CASE 1: A 44-year-old multiparous female presented with an irregular period.

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Background: Leptin is a polypeptide hormone that may be implicated in the pathogenesis of various disorders during pregnancy. We sought to determine serum leptin levels among pregnant women and their fetuses and to investigate their association with fetal and maternal variables.

Method: 452 pregnant women who attended to labor ward between January 2020 and August 2020 were included in the study.

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Background: Induction of labour (IOL) is an important and common clinical procedure in obstetrics. In the current study, we evaluate predictors of vaginal delivery in both nulliparous and multiparous women in north Jordan who were induced with vaginal prostaglandins.

Method: A prospective study was conducted on 530 pregnant women at King Abdullah University Hospital (KAUH) in north Jordan.

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Background: The unicornuate uterus is caused by abnormal or failed development of one Müllerian duct. Unicornuate uteri with functioning non-communicating rudimentary horns are susceptible to many gynaecologic and obstetric complications such as hematometra, endometriosis and ectopic pregnancy and thus surgical resection is usually recommended..

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Fibromas/fibrothecomas are considered to be benign ovarian tumors. We describe a rare case of recurrent fibrothecoma with a clinically malignant course. A 42-year-old woman, with no family history of malignancy, operated multiple times for tumor that recurred three times within 4 years despite radical surgical removal.

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