Obstetric and Gynecology: a Cases and Commentaries

This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of Masters in Medicine (M.Med) of the University of Dar es Salaam. It comprises of three sections. Sections one and two consist of ten gynaceological and ten obstetric conditions which are encountered in the practice of obstetrics and gynecology. Discussions on the salient features in the presented patients appear at the end of each case. Section three is a research done over a nine-month period on the association between malaria and abruption placentae in Dar es Salaam. A statistical significant association was found between maternal malaria parasitemia and malaria parasitization of the placenta and abruption placentae.