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.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Bennett
W C
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Dodson
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GJ
Olt
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Ahearn
R S
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Legro
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