title: Laparoscopic salpingo-oophorectomy during pregnancy.
abstract: A 24-year-old primiparous woman had an 18 x 5-cm, left adnexal cyst at 8.5 weeks' gestation. The cyst's dimension remained unchanged over the next 4 weeks. During laparoscopy at 15.5 weeks' gestation, the cyst and its contents were judged to be benign, and a left salpingo-oophorectomy was performed. Pathology revealed a serous cystadenoma of the ovary. The patient was discharged from the hospital within 48 hours. Her pregnancy progressed uneventfully to term, and she delivered vaginally a live male weighing 3240 g.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Joseph's Health Centre, 268 Grosvenor Street, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4V2.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Vilos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018293:Cystadenoma, Serous / Q000601:surgery*; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000379:methods*; D019152:Paracentesis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome