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Published on: December 5, 2020
Spontaneous conception in the presence of stage IIIC endometrioid ovarian cancer
R A Bennett1, W C Dodson, G J Olt
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Objective:
To describe a rare case of spontaneous conception in a patient with a preexisting metastatic ovarian cancer.
Design:
Case report.
Setting:
University hospital.
Patient(S):
A 39-year-old Asian woman who conceived while undergoing an evaluation for primary infertility and newly detected bilateral adnexal masses.
Intervention(S):
Staging laparotomy and total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.
Main Outcome Measure(S):
Anatomic pathology diagnosis.
Result(S):
Blighted ovum and stage IIIC endometrioid adenocarcinoma of ovary.
Conclusion(S):
Metastatic ovarian cancer does not prevent either spontaneous ovulation or spontaneous conception.
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