title: Metastatic malignant melanoma in pregnancy.
abstract: A 29 year old expectant mother was critically ill at 27 weeks gestation with disseminated metastatic malignant melanoma and was treated with dacarbazine. A dramatic remission was induced and at 38 weeks gestation she went into labour spontaneously and delivered a healthy infant. She relapsed and died eight weeks post partum. This is the first reported use of dacarbazine in pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Coombe Lying-in Hospital, Dolphins Barn, Dublin.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Harkin
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Drumm
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003606:Dacarbazine