title: Chemotherapy for ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma during pregnancy: a case report.
abstract: There is limited experience in the treatment of epithelial ovarian malignancy with chemotherapy during pregnancy. We present the case of a 36-year-old women with ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma during pregnancy, on whom exploratory laparotomy was performed at the gestational age of 16 weeks. Afterwards chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide (500 mg/m2) and cisplatin (50 mg/m2) was administered beginning at the second trimester of pregnancy due to surgical Stage Ic. Although preterm labor and a prematurely ruptured membrane occurred at the gestational age of 29 weeks before the fourth course of chemotherapy, there was still a satisfactory outcome for mother and fetus after an emergency cesarean section due to breech presentation at the gestational age of 30 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan (Republic of China).
authors.forename: H-P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: C-N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Y-Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Kan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002585:Cesarean Section; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018282:Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second
chemical_list: D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002945:Cisplatin