title: Hepatocellular carcinoma in pregnancy. A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hepatocellular carcinoma presenting in pregnancy is very rare, and experience treating this condition is limited. Past reports have emphasized the need for pregnancy termination as part of treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A young, otherwise healthy woman was diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma in the second trimester. Her only risk factor was a six-year history of oral contraceptive use. She opted to maintain the pregnancy and was treated with surgical resection in the form of a right hepatectomy. Both she and her child were alive and well 24 months following surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hepatocellular carcinoma in pregnancy can be successfully treated by surgical resection without adjuvant therapy; pregnancy termination is not mandatory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA. pgisi@kumc.edu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gisi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Floyd
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery*