Stage IB glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix diagnosed during pregnancy and recurring in a transposed ovary.
A case report of glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix occurring during pregnancy is presented. Clinical staging was FIGO IB and treatment consisted of a radical hysterectomy, bilateral ovarian transposition, and postoperative pelvic radiation therapy. The patient had a relapse in one of the transposed ovaries. A review of ovarian conservation in Stage IB carcinoma of the cervix is discussed.
Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
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D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery