title: Pregnancy after in vitro fertilization in a patient with borderline tumor of the ovary.
abstract: A 36 year old woman with unilateral tubal disease was found, during infertility evaluation, to have epithelial tumor of borderline malignancy in one ovary. She was treated with salpingo-oophorectomy and three months later she asked to participate in our IVF program. High doses of gonadotropins were given for controlled hyperstimulation and a successful pregnancy and live birth was achieved.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mantzavinos
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dimitriadou
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Papadias
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Genatas
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Zourlas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors