Pregnancy following conservative surgical treatment of the malignant mixed germ-cell tumor of the ovary--case report

Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2011;32(6):705-7.

Abstract

We present a case of pregnancy after complete conservative surgical treatment in a young woman with malignant mixed germ-cell tumor of the ovary. She was submitted to surgical treatment involving only unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, with infracolic omentectomy and dissection of the pelvic and paraaortal lymph nodes. Three years after the operation and chemotherapy the patient spontaneously conceived and gave birth to a healthy baby. A patient who has malignant germ-cell tumor of the ovary in early stage, can successfully preserve fertility by conservative surgical treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Fertility Preservation
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / surgery*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / pathology
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / surgery*