Colon cancer in pregnancy with elevated maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein level at presentation.
A case of colon cancer in pregnancy is presented in which the maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein level was elevated. Failure to evaluate colon cancer as a cause of the elevated maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein may have accounted for the poor outcome.
Gonsoulin
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Mason
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Carpenter
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RJ
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis*
D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins