title: Association of leukemia and pregnancy: clinical and obstetric aspects.
abstract: The association of leukemia and pregnancy is not common. We have analyzed the hematologic and obstetric problems occurring in 10 pregnant leukemic patients, 7 with acute leukemia and 3 with chronic myeloid leukemia. One patient died in the fifth month of pregnancy with a nonviable fetus. There was one premature twin birth with both fetuses dead. The other fetuses were viable, although there was one premature birth and three fetuses had below-normal birth weights. No bleeding complications were observed during delivery. Three patients had infections during puerperium. This article discusses the possible influences and relations between leukemia and pregnancy, based on our observations and on data in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Ciudad Sanitaria La Paz, University Autonoma of Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Juárez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cuadrado Pastor
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Feliu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: González Barón
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ordóñez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Montero
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001724:Birth Weight; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000188:drug therapy; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000188:drug therapy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents