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Endodermal sinus tumor of the ovary during pregnancy: a case report
A G van der Zee1, H W de Bruijn, J Bouma
1Department of Gynecology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
|February 1, 1991
Abstract:
Serum alpha-fetoprotein screening led to the detection of an endodermal sinus tumor of the ovary in a 24-year-old female in week 17 of pregnancy. After surgery, chemotherapy was postponed. In week 28 levels of serum alpha-fetoprotein increased, but delivery was delayed until 33 weeks' gestation. After delivery, the patient received four chemotherapy courses (cisplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin). Mother (24 months after last chemotherapy) and child are doing well.