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Autopsy analysis of pregnancy-associated lung carcinoma
Pradeep Vaideeswar1, Pranav Bhatia, Jyoti Rajput
1Department of Pathology, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Background:
With increasing maternal age of conception and assisted reproductive techniques, the incidence of pregnancy-associated cancers is set to rise. As compared to the most frequently diagnosed cancers during pregnancy (usually breast and gynecological cancers), lung cancers constitute a mere fraction.
Aims:
This study presents an autopsy analysis of pregnancy-associated lung carcinomas. Materials and.
Methods:
In a 12-year period, cases diagnosed as primary lung carcinomas were retrieved from consecutive autopsies performed on maternal deaths. Clinico-pathological features were noted in all the cases.
Results:
Seven primary lung carcinomas (1.34%) were encountered among 521 maternal deaths at autopsy in the study period. One patient was in the postpartum period, while the rest were in their third trimesters; the mean age was 29.7 years. All had been non-small cell lung carcinomas. One of them (muco-epidermoid carcinoma) had been detected antemortem, while the rest were identified at autopsy.
Conclusions:
Efforts should be made for an early diagnosis of lung cancer in pregnancy by appropriate investigational modalities. A clinical suspicion should be kept in mind when lung opacities fail to respond to antimicrobial agents.
