Spontaneous conception in the presence of stage IIIC endometrioid ovarian cancer

Fertil Steril. 2001 Mar;75(3):623-4. doi: 10.1016/s0015-0282(00)01743-x.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Missed
  • Adult
  • CA-125 Antigen / analysis
  • Carcinoma, Endometrioid / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Endometrioid / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Endometrioid / surgery
  • Fallopian Tubes / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hysterectomy
  • Infertility, Female / etiology
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
  • Ovulation
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic*

Substances

  • CA-125 Antigen