Spontaneous conception in the presence of stage IIIC endometrioid ovarian cancer.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a rare case of spontaneous conception in a patient with a preexisting metastatic ovarian cancer.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
University hospital.


METHODS
A 39-year-old Asian woman who conceived while undergoing an evaluation for primary infertility and newly detected bilateral adnexal masses.


METHODS
Staging laparotomy and total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.


METHODS
Anatomic pathology diagnosis.


RESULTS
Blighted ovum and stage IIIC endometrioid adenocarcinoma of ovary.


CONCLUSIONS
Metastatic ovarian cancer does not prevent either spontaneous ovulation or spontaneous conception.
Bennett
R A
RA
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dodson
W C
WC
Olt
G J
GJ
Ahearn
J
J
Legro
R S
RS
D000030:Abortion, Missed; D000328:Adult; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D018269:Carcinoma, Endometrioid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010060:Ovulation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic
D018394:CA-125 Antigen