An unusual case of maternal death.
A 21-year-old primigravid patient presented at 16 weeks gestation with rectal pain. She developed peritonitis at 36 weeks gestation. At laparotomy a very inflamed right fallopian tube and ovary was removed together with a healthy looking appendix. Premature labour occurred two days later with delivery of a stillborn infant. Her general condition deteriorated. On rectal biopsy a mucin secreting carcinoma, probably of secondary origin, was found. Shortly before her death a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the breast was diagnosed.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000209:etiology; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000209:etiology