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FIFTH EDITION
CASE FILES®
Obstetrics and
Gynecology
Eugene C. oy, MD Patti Jayne Ross, MD
Assistant Dean or Educational Programs Pro essor
Director o Doctoring Courses Program University o exas H ealth Science Center
Director o the Scholarly Concentrations Department o O bstetrics and Gynecology
in Women’s H ealth McGovern Medical School at T e University
Pro essor and Vice Chair o Medical Education o exas H ealth Science Center at H ouston
Department o O bstetrics and Gynecology (U H ealth)
McGovern Medical School at T e University H ouston, exas
o exas H ealth Science Center at H ouston
(U H ealth) John C. Jennings, MD
H ouston, exas Pro essor o O bstetrics and Gynecology
exas ech University H ealth Sciences Center
Benton Baker III, MD Odessa, exas
Fellow, American College o O bstetricians and
Gynecologists
Retired, Pro essor o O bstetrics and Gynecology
McGovern Medical School at T e University
o exas H ealth Science Center at H ouston
(U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
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DEDICATION
Eugene C. oy, MD
iv DEDICATION
Contributors / vii
Pre ace / xiii
Acknowledgments / xv
Introduction / xvii
Listing o Cases / xix
Section I
How to Approach Clinical Problems ...................................................................1
Part 1. Approach to the Patient ................................................................................................. 3
Part 2. Approach to Clinical Problem Solving ....................................................................11
Part 3. Approach to Reading ....................................................................................................13
Part 4. Approach to Surgery .....................................................................................................18
Section II
Cases...................................................................................................................19
Obstetric Topics (Cases 1-28)...............................................................................................19
Gynecologic Topics (Cases 29-60)................................................................................... 289
Section III
Review Questions ...................................................................................................................... 565
Index / 577
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CONTRIBUTORS
vii
viii CONTRIBUTORS
Amy E. Dudley
Medical Student
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Bacterial Vaginosis
Jenny Duret-Uzodinma, MD
Assistant Pro essor o O bstetrics and Gynecology
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Pyelonephritis in Pregnancy
Russell Edwards, MD, FACOG
Faculty, O bstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program
T e Methodist H ospital—H ouston
H ouston, exas
Galactorrhea and Hypothyroidism
Konrad Harms, MD, FACOG
Assistant Clinical Pro essor o O bstetrics and Gynecology
Weill Cornell Medical College
Program Director,
O bstetrics and Gynecology Residency
T e Methodist H ospital—H ouston
H ouston, exas
Shoulder Dystocia
Sara B. Holcombe, DO
Assistant Pro essor o O bstetrics and Gynecology
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault
Steven Blaine Holloway
Medical Student
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Cystitis
Katlyn Hoover
Medical Student
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Placental Abruption
CONTRIBUTORS ix
Michael S. MacKelvie, DO
Resident in O bstetrics and Gynecology
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Placenta Accreta
Violet Maldonado
Medical Student
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Preterm Labor
Dalia M. Moghazy, MD
Resident in O bstetrics and Gynecology
T e Methodist H ospital—H ouston
H ouston, exas
Intrahepatic Cholestasis o Pregnancy
Alyxandra O’Brien, MD
Resident in O bstetrics and Gynecology
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Ectopic Pregnancy
Christine Pan, MD
Resident in O bstetrics and Gynecology
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Urinary Incontinence
Virginia A. Rauth, MD, MBA
Pro essor o O bstetrics and Gynecology
Chie o Women’s H ealthCare at Galveston
University o exas Medical Branch
Galveston, exas
Approach to Perimenopause
John W. Riggs, MD, MS, FACOG
Pro essor o O bstetrics and Gynecology
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Postpartum Endometritis
CONTRIBUTORS xi
Reem Sabouni, MD
Resident in O bstetrics and Gynecology
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Amenorrhea, Intrauterine Adhesions
Placenta Previa
Mary Alice Sallman
Medical Student
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
Manuscript reviewer
Viviana C. Salom-Ellis
Medical Student
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Placenta Previa
Priti P. Schachel, MD, FACOG
Associate Program Director
O bstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program
T e Methodist H ospital—H ouston
H ouston, exas
Intrahepatic Cholestasis o Pregnancy
Nicholas R. Spencer
Medical Student
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Parvovirus In ection in Pregnancy
Lauren Jane T arp, MD
Administrative Chie Resident in O bstetrics and Gynecology
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Postpartum Endometritis
Aida L. Vigil, MD, MPH
Resident in O bstetrics and Gynecology
McGovern Medical School at T e University o exas
H ealth Science Center at H ouston (U H ealth)
H ouston, exas
Pyelonephritis in Pregnancy
xii CONTRIBUTORS
I have been deeply amazed and grate ul to see how the Case Files®books have been
so well received, and have helped students to learn more e ectively. In the 13 short
years since Case Files®: Obstetrics and Gynecology irst made it in print, the series
has now multiplied to span most o the clinical and basic science disciplines, and
been translated into nearly 20 oreign languages. Numerous students have sent
encouraging remarks about the changes in the ourth edition, which divided up
into O bstetrics in the irst hal , and Gynecology in the second hal to be more “user-
riendly” during the clerkship since most students have their rotation divided in
those two categories. In this i th edition, we have retained the grouping o related
cases closer together to allow students to use in ormation rom one case to rein-
orce principles to another case, and cross-re erenced-related cases. Although space
is always a premium, we have also retained and expanded Section III which is a col-
lection o strategic questions that can be used or review, but also to tie in the prin-
ciples rom the cases. Questions have been improved to better re lect the USMLE
ormat, and explanations have been expanded to help the student understand the
mechanisms and the reason that the other choices are incorrect. wo completely
new cases (Sexual Abuse/ Intimate Partner Violence, and Chronic Pelvic Pain) have
been written. Updated or new sections include cervical cytology screening, con-
traception, labor management, hypertension in pregnancy, etal assessment, and
ovarian cancer. his i th edition has been a collaborative work with my wonder-
ul coauthors and contributors, and with the suggestions rom ive generations o
students. ruly, the enthusiastic encouragement rom students throughout not just
the United States but worldwide provides me with the inspiration and energy to
continue to write. It is thus with humility that I o er my sincere thanks to students
everywhere … or without students, how can a teacher teach?
Eugene C. oy
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
he curriculum that evolved into the ideas or this series was inspired by two talented
and orthright students, Philbert Yao and Chuck Rosipal, who have since graduated
rom medical school. It has been a tremendous joy to work with my riend, colleague,
and my ob/ gyn program director, Dr. Bentor Baker III. It is also a privilege to work
with Dr. Ross, who has been a steady hand in administrating the medical student
clerkship or so many years. It is a personal honor and with extreme gratitude that I
am able to work with Dr. John Jennings, a visionary, brilliant obstetrician gynecolo-
gist, leader, and riend. Also, I am awed by the many excellent contributors who con-
tinue to work under the deadlines and pleas o per ectionists. I am greatly indebted
to my editor, Catherine Johnson, whose exuberance, experience, and vision helped
to shape this series. I appreciate McGraw-H ill’s believing in the concept o teach-
ing through clinical cases. I am also grate ul to Catherine Saggese or her excellent
production expertise, and Cindy Yoo or her wonder ul editing. At the University o
exas Medical School at H ouston, I appreciate the support rom my chairman
Dr. Sean Blackwell, who is an amazing leader with a brilliant intellect, an unparalleled
work ethic, and a generous heart that inspires beyond our department; and Dr. Patricia
Butler who as Vice Chair or Educational Programs o our school exempli ies all
that is excellent in medical education, and has served as a role model and mentor
or me. I appreciate Yaki Bryant, who has aith ully and energetically served as the
extraordinary student coordinator or literally thousands and thousands o students
at the University o exas Medical School at H ouston. I want to acknowledge the
many medical students who have helped to sharpen the ocus o this book, especially
Patricia Lenihan, who served as principle manuscript reviewer. Most o all, I appre-
ciate my loving wi e, erri, and my our wonder ul children, Andy and his wi e Anna,
Michael, Allison, and Christina, or their patience and understanding.
Eugene C. oy
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INTRODUCTION
Mastering the cognitive knowledge within a ield such as obstetrics and gynecology
is a ormidable task. It is even more di icult to draw on that knowledge, to procure
and ilter through the clinical and laboratory data, to develop a di erential diagnosis,
and inally to make a rational treatment plan. o gain these skills, the student o ten
learns best at the bedside, guided and instructed by experienced teachers, and
inspired toward sel -directed, diligent reading. Clearly, there is no replacement or
education at the bedside. Un ortunately, clinical situations usually do not encom-
pass the breadth o the specialty. Perhaps the best alternative is a care ully cra ted
patient case designed to stimulate the clinical approach and decision making. In an
attempt to achieve that goal, we have constructed a collection o clinical vignettes
to teach diagnostic or therapeutic approaches relevant to obstetrics and gynecology.
Most importantly, the explanations or the cases emphasize the mechanisms and
underlying principles, rather than merely rote questions and answers.
his book is organized or versatility: It allows the student “in a rush” to go
quickly through the scenarios and check the corresponding answers, and it pro-
vides more detailed in ormation or the student who wants thought-provoking
explanations. he answers are arranged rom simple to complex: a summary o
the pertinent points, the bare answers, an analysis o the case, an approach to the
topic, a comprehension test at the end or rein orcement and emphasis, and a list o
resources or urther reading. he clinical vignettes have been arranged as O bstetri-
cal in the irst hal , and Gynecology in the second hal , and related cases grouped
together. Section III contains Review Questions designed to require higher level
integration o in ormation. A listing o cases is included in Section IV to aid the
students who desire to test their knowledge o a speci ic area, or who want to
review a topic including basic de initions. Finally, we intentionally did not use a
multiple-choice question (MCQ) ormat in our clinical case scenarios, since clues
(or distractions) are not available in the real world. N evertheless, several MCQs are
included at the end o each case discussion (Comprehension Questions) to rein-
orce concepts or introduce related topics.
xvii
xviii INTRODUCTION
PART II
Approach to the Disease Process: It consists o two distinct parts:
a. Definitions: erminology pertinent to the disease process.
b. Clinical Approach: A discussion o the approach to the clinical problem in
general, including tables, igures, and algorithms.
PART III
Comprehension Q uestions: Each case contains several multiple-choice questions,
which rein orce the material, or which introduce new and related concepts.
Q uestions about material not ound in the text will have explanations in the
answers.
PART IV
Clinical Pearls: Several clinically important points are reiterated as a summation of the
text. This allows for easy review, such as before an examination.
LISTING OF CASES
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Shake the swarm in as described at page 28, just as with a common
cottage hive.
If the weather be favourable, these two boxes will be nearly filled
in ten days. To get the full advantage of the Stewarton hive the first
year, put two swarms into two body boxes, a and b; if the two are too
small, then add the other box c. Allow the bees to remain there till
they have nearly filled the body boxes with comb, which (with this
increased number of workers, and in favourable weather) should be
from five to ten days. Two swarms are seldom procurable the same
day, so as then to be joined together, and even if they were, there is
a doubt whether greater progress may not be attained by hiving a
swarm a week or so earlier than the other, so as to build comb and
raise brood ready for the reception of the new comers.
The second swarm is added best in the evening, after the bees
have ceased working. For this purpose spread a sheet on the
ground, place two sticks so as to prevent the box being close to the
ground, then, with a sudden knock, eject the bees of the second
swarm on to the cloth, and place the two body boxes that contain the
earlier swarm over the dislodged bees; these will, in the course of an
hour or so, ascend and become one family, and one of the queens
will be speedily destroyed.
In the meantime, prepare the shallow honey-box d, by fixing
small pieces of worker guide-comb, of pure white colour, on the
centre of each side bar. If, however, a box of honey with neatly
made, straight, and quite regular comb be desired, a piece of this
guide-comb must be fixed to the centre of each bar. If guide-comb be
unobtainable, strips of the impressed wax sheets or artificial comb
(hereafter described) will be found excellent substitutes.[12]
[12] The body boxes may be prepared in a similar manner.
HUBER'S HIVE.
To Francis Huber—not improperly styled the "Prince of
Apiarians"—we are indebted for more extensive and accurate
observations on the habits of the bee than have been contributed by
all other observers since the time of Aristotle.
During the early period of Huber's investigations, he prosecuted
them by means of single-comb hives, which allow of each side of the
comb being examined. He found, however, that there was one
important defect. The bees could not in these hives cluster together,
which is their natural method of withstanding the effects of a reduced
temperature. Huber hit upon the ingenious expedient of combining a
number of single-comb frames, so as to form one complete hive,
which could be opened, in order to expose any particular comb,
without disturbing the rest. From the manner of the opening and
closing of this hive, it has generally been called the "Leaf or Book
Hive." The division separating each comb is joined both back and
front with "butt hinges," fastened with a movable pin, on withdrawing
which, at either side, each comb and the bees on it may be
inspected as easily as if in a single-comb hive. Huber's leaf hive is
thus in appearance, as if several ordinary "History of England"
backgammon chess-boards were set up on end together. The floor-
board on which the hive stands is larger than the hive when closed,
so as to allow of its being opened freely at any particular "volume."
An entrance-way for the bees is hollowed-out of the floor-board as in
other hives. There is a glass window in each end of the hive, which
is provided with a shutter.
There is, however, one serious objection to Huber's hive, which,
though not noticed by him or his careful assistant, has prevented its
general use—that is, the difficulty there is in closing it without
crushing some of the bees—a catastrophe which, by exasperating
their comrades, is certain to interfere with any experiments. There is
no such risk in the bar and frame hive, whilst in it every facility
possessed by Huber's is retained; so that we strongly recommend
scientific apiarians to use some kind of bar and frame hive in
preference to Huber's. We have here introduced a description of
Huber's leaf hive (and should be glad to exhibit one) for the sake of
its historic interest, in connection with apiarian science. The
invention was invaluable for Huber himself, and it suggested to other
apiarians the adoption of the present plan of vertical bars and
frames.
The character of Huber and the circumstances under which he
pursued his observations are so remarkable, that we need scarcely
apologize for stating a few particulars respecting him here. He was
born at Geneva, in July, 1750, his family being in honourable station
and noted for talent. Just as he attained to manhood he lost his
sight, and remained blind to the end of his days. This apparently
insuperable obstacle in the way of scientific observation was
overcome by the remarkable fidelity with which Burnens, his
assistant, watched the bees and reported their movements to Huber.
Madame Huber also, who, betrothed to him before his calamity, had
remained constant in her affection, assisted in the investigations with
great assiduity during their long and happy wedded life. We quote
the following from "Memoirs of Huber," by Professor de Candolle:—
"We have seen the blind shine as poets, and distinguish
themselves as philosophers, musicians, and calculators; but it was
reserved for Huber to give a lustre to his class in the sciences of
observation, and on objects so minute that the most clear-sighted
observer can scarcely perceive them. The reading of the works of
Reaumur and Bonnet, and the conversation of the latter, directed his
curiosity to the history of the bees. His habitual residence in the
country inspired him with the desire, first of verifying some facts,
then of filling some blanks in their history; but this kind of observation
required not only the use of such an instrument as the optician must
furnish, but an intelligent assistant, who alone could adjust it to its
use. He had then a servant named Francis Burnens, remarkable for
his sagacity and for the devotion he bore his master. Huber practised
him in the art of observation, directed him to his researches by
questions adroitly combined, and, aided by the recollections of his
youth and by the testimonies of his wife and friends, he rectified the
assertions of his assistant, and became enabled to form in his own
mind a true and perfect image of the manifest facts. 'I am much more
certain,' said he, smiling, to a scientific friend, 'of what I state than
you are, for you publish what your own eyes only have seen, while I
take the mean among many witnesses.' This is, doubtless, very
plausible reasoning, but very few persons will by it be rendered
distrustful of their own eyesight."
The results of Huber's observations were published in 1792, in
the form of letters to Ch. Bonnet, under the title of "Nouvelles
Observations sur les Abeilles." This work made a strong impression
upon many naturalists, not only because of the novelty of the facts
stated and the excellent inductive reasoning employed, but also on
account of the rigorous accuracy of the observations recorded, when
it was considered with what an extraordinary difficulty the author had
to struggle.
Huber retained the clear faculties of his observant mind until his
death, which took place on the 22nd of December, 1831. Most of the
facts relating to the impregnation of the queen, the formation of cells,
and the whole economy of the bee-community, as discovered and
described by Huber, have received full confirmation from the
investigations of succeeding naturalists.
IV.—EXTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS
AND APPARATUS.
BEE-HOUSE TO CONTAIN TWO HIVES.
HERE is no contrivance for protecting' hives from the weather
so complete as a bee-house: one which also admits of an easy
inspection of the hives ranged therein is especially convenient
for lady bee-keepers.
BY A DEVONSHIRE BEE-KEEPER.
Within my little garden
Stands also a bee-house,
And bees therein protected
From sly tomtit or mouse.
BELL GLASSES.
To contain 10 lbs., 10 inches high, 7 inches wide.
To contain 6 lbs., 7 inches high, 5½ inches wide.
To contain 3 lbs., 5 inches high, 4 inches wide.
These bell glasses are used in the hives before described. The
largest is for Nutt's hive; the middle-sized is for our improved cottage
hive; the smallest glass is so very small that it is not often used, and
we do not recommend it. Bees will generally fill a middle-sized glass
quite as soon as one so small as this.
FLAT-TOPPED GLASS.
This is a glass super, to be placed on the hive in a similar way to
the bell glasses already alluded to. It has the advantages of being
straight at the sides, flat at top, and without a knob; so that when
filled it may be brought on to the breakfast table, inverted, on a plate.
The glass lid shown in the engraving forms a cover, and fits over
outside, so as not to interfere with the combs within. These flat-top
glasses, like those with a knob, have a hole through which a zinc
ventilating tube is inserted. Dimensions, six and three-quarter inches
wide, five inches high.
GUIDE-COMB FOR GLASSES.
In some of our previous allusions to the best mode of inducing
bees to commence working in glasses, we have recommended
attaching guide-comb. We will now more particularly explain how this
attraction can be best applied. We have already shown how bees
may be induced to make use of guide-combs fixed to bars, and the
same principle is applicable to glasses. These may be filled, with
great regularity, by adopting the following directions, which, we
believe, have never before appeared in print:—
Procure a piece of clean new empty worker honey-comb, which
has not had honey in it (because honey will prevent adhesion to the
glass); cut it into pieces of about three-quarters of an inch square.
Gently warm the exterior of the glass (this we find is best done by
holding the glass horizontally for a short time over the flame of a
candle); then apply one of the pieces of empty comb inside at the
part warmed, taking care, in fixing it, that the pitch or inclination of
the cells is upwards—in fact, place the guide-comb in the same
relative position that it occupied in the hive or glass from which it was
taken. There is some danger of making the glass too warm, which
will cause the comb to melt and the wax to run down the side,
leaving an unsightly appearance on the glass; this should be
carefully avoided, and a little experience will soon enable the
operator to determine the degree of warmth sufficient to make the
comb adhere without any of it being melted. It is hardly necessary to
state that only the very whitest combs ought to be used. A short time
should be allowed before changing the position of the glass, so that
it may cool sufficiently to hold the comb in its place. Six or eight
pieces may thus be fixed, so that, when the glass is filled, it will
present a star shape, all the combs radiating from the centre. The
annexed engraving shows the appearance of a glass as worked by
the bees, in which guide-combs were fixed in the manner described
above. The drawing was taken from a glass of our own filled after
being thus furnished.
In the Old Museum at the Royal Gardens, Kew, may be seen a
Taylor's glass, presented by us, some of the combs in which are
elongated on the outside to the breadth of six inches. We believe,
that not only does a glass present a much handsomer appearance
when thus worked—and will, on that account, most fully reward the
trouble of fixing guide-comb—but that more honey is stored in the
same space, and in less time than if the glass be placed on the hive
merely in a naked condition for the bees to follow their own devices.
This mode of fixing guide-comb does not solely apply to the
above-shaped glass, but is equally useful for all kinds of glasses. It is
introduced in connection with this glass because, from its having a
flat top and no knob, the regularity is more clearly apparent.
The working of bees in the bell glasses illustrates how tractable
their disposition really is, if only scope be allowed for the due
exercise of their natural instinct. They have no secrets in their
economy, and they do not shrink from our constant observation as
they daily pursue their simple policy of continuous thrift and
persevering accumulation. Yet it is only owing to the labours of
successive inventors that we are now enabled to watch "the very
pulse of the machine" of the bee-commonwealth:—
Murphy's Vaniere.