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A review of the book "Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World," by Elinor Cleghorn, is presented.

Introduction: Prune Belly The term was coined by William Osler in 1901. The triad is characterized as: deficient abdominal wall musculature, urinary tract malformations (hydroureteronephrosis, megaureters) and cryptorchidism bilateral.Todos children with laxity of the abdominal wall without genitourinary malformations and girls are referred to as triad incomplete, partial or pseudoprune. For those who only manifestations is the laxity of the abdominal wall introduce the term pseudopseudoprune Belly. Objective: To report the first case of the literature of a female patient with flaccid muscles of the abdominal wall in which it made plasty of the abdominal wall in the neonatal period. Case report: Women's 24 hrs. of life, history of prenatal ultrasound abdominal wall defect as obtained by cesarean section, A physical examination is striking only prune belly. The postnatal ultrasound reported both kidneys with reduced size and without dilatation pyelocalyceal. Intravenous urography delayed in the concentration and elimination of contrast medium in both kidneys, the size and shape of ureter and bladder and kidney gamagrama normales.El voiding cystogram showed right ureteral dilatation and bilateral grade II vesicoureteral reflux. He had surgery at 14 days of life. After two months of life merited reoperation for gastroesophageal reflux disease and alteration in the mechanics of swallowing. Discussion: We refer to this case Belly Pseudo-pseudoprune because no genitourinary conditions specific to this pathology. The surgery in the neonatal period provides a better body image in childhood allowing to perform other surgical event simultaneously. It is striking in this patient was re abdomen without difficulty and that to date there have been no postoperative complications, besides enjoying an excellent condition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lobular capillary hemangioma, which is also named as pyogenic granuloma, is a common vascular proliferation of skin and mucous membranes. Hormonal influence in the development of lobular capillary hemangioma on the mucosal surfaces has been demonstrated but for cutaneous lesions located on the skin, this association has not been shown yet. In this report, a 25-year-old female patient with cutaneous lobular capillary hemangioma of the cheek induced by pregnancy is presented. The lesion was excised and lobular capillary hemangioma was given as diagnosis by histopathological evaluation. Estrogen receptor was weakly positive by immunohistochemical analysis. We suggest that elevated levels of estrogens during pregnancy may have an important role also on the development of cutaneous lobular capillary hemangiomas by direct hormonal action. Demir Y, Demir S, Aktepe F. Cutaneous lobular capillary hemangioma induced by pregnancy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book 'The Woman Patient: Medical and Psychological Interfaces,' vol. 1, edited by Malbah T. Notman and Carol C. Nadelson.

The article reviews the book "Female Patients in Early Modern Britain: Gender, Diagnosis, and Treatment," by Wendy D. Churchill.

The article reviews the book "Frozen Charlotte," by Priscilla Masters.

Reviews the book 'The Woman Patient: Medical and Psychological Interfaces, Volume I, Sexual and Reproductive Aspects of Women's Health Care,' edited by Malkah T. Notman and Carold C. Nadelson.

Reviews the book 'Burn Helen,' by Karen Gershon.