Acknowledgements.

How to use this book.

List of abbreviations.

Part 1 Basics.

Basic science: gynaecology.

Basic science: obstetrics.

Approach to the patient.

Part 2 Cases.

Gynaecology.

Case 1 A 24-year-old woman with vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy.

Case 2 A 25-year-old woman presenting as an emergency with low abdominal pain.

Case 3 A 23-year-old woman admitted as an emergency with acute vulval pain.

Case 4 A 45-year-old woman with heavy periods.

Case 5 A 52-year-old woman who has not been able to control her temper recently.

Case 6 A 58-year-old woman with post-menopausal bleeding.

Case 7 A couple who can’t conceive.

Case  8 A 16-year-old seeking emergency contraception: contraceptive choices through reproductive life.

Case 9 A 22-year-old woman presents with vaginal discharge.

Case 10 A 29-year-old woman with an abnormal smear test.

Case 11 A retired school teacher presents with a feeling of ‘something coming down’.

Case 12 A 57-year-old woman with abdominal swelling and vague abdominal pain.

Case 13 A 68-year-old woman presents with long-standing vulval itch Obstetrics.

Case 14 A 30-year-old woman with a postdated pregnancy.

Case 15 A 37-year-old woman with heavy bleeding per vaginum following a forceps delivery.

Case 16 A 16-year-old woman with high blood pressure.

Case 17 A 34-year-old woman with painless vaginal bleeding at 33 weeks gestation.

Case 18 A 39-year-old woman with painful vaginal bleeding at 37 weeks gestation.

Case 19 A 29-year-old woman with leaking fluid per vaginum at 31 weeks gestation.

Case 20 A 35-year-old woman booking for antenatal care.

Case 21 A 24-year-old insulin-dependent diabetic woman planning a pregnancy.

Case 22 A 32-year-old woman with a fetus in the breech position at 37 weeks gestation.

Case 23 A 26-year-old woman with a history of one previous caesarean section booking at the antenatal clinic.

Case 24 A 29-year-old woman with vomiting in early pregnancy.

Case 25 A 38-year-old with a twin pregnancy.

Case 26 A 26-year-old woman diagnosed HIV positive on routine antenatal screening.

Part 3 Self-assessment.

MCQs.

EMQs.

SAQs.

Answers.

Index of cases by diagnosis.

Index.