Successful pregnancy outcome with elective caesarean section following two attempts of surgical excision of large giant cell tumor of the lower limb during pregnancy.
METHODS
A 21 year old woman presented at 27 weeks of gestation with history of curettage of large giant cell tumor of distal left femur at 18 weeks of gestation with residual tumor. Repeat excision and bone grafting was performed with isoxsupine tocolysis. An elective caesarean was performed at term and a 3-kg healthy baby boy was delivered. Decision to perform an elective section was taken to avoid fracture of bone and also due to limited abduction of limb. Both mother and baby were discharged from the hospital on the fifth postoperative day.


CONCLUSIONS
Surgical excision of giant cell tumor with tocolysis followed by elective caesarean delivery is recommended for successful pregnancy outcome.
Sharma
J B
JB
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Chanana
Charu
C
Rastogi
Gupta
S Datta
SD
Kumar
Sunesh
S
Roy
Kallol
K
Malhotra
Neena
N
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003475:Curettage / Q000379:methods; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000473:pathology; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D015145:Tocolysis; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous