title: Pregnancy in a Jehovah's witness with cervical cancer and anemia.
abstract: A 34-year-old Jehovah's Witness presented with vaginal bleeding and anemia at 23 weeks gestation. She was diagnosed with a FIGO Stage IB2 squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix. The patient refused transfusion of blood products and strongly desired to continue the pregnancy. She was hospitalized and at 33 weeks gestation underwent a Cesarean-radical hysterectomy with measures that minimized blood loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Irvine-Medical Center, University of California, 101 The City Drive, Orange, California, 92868, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tewari
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cappuccini
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Balderston
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Porto
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Berman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000628:therapy*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000628:therapy*; D002835:Christianity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000628:therapy*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*