Sigmoid colon cancer during pregnancy.
Colorectal carcinoma during pregnancy is a rare event. We report a 23-year-old primigravida with advanced stage adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon diagnosed at 34 weeks of gestation. A healthy female infant was delivered by cesarean section. The treatment of choice was chemotherapy. The patient died 3 months after delivery.
Vitoratos
Nicolaos
N
Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aretaieion Hospital, University of Athens, 76 Vas. Sophias Avenue, Athens 115 28, Greece. esal@aretaieio.uoa.gr
Salamalekis
Emanuel
E
Makrakis
Evangelos
E
Creatsas
George
G
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D002955:Leucovorin; D005472:Fluorouracil