title: Endodermal sinus tumor of the ovary in pregnancy.
abstract: The ultrasonographic evidence of an irregular mixed mass, cystic and solid, in retrouterine area and the high levels of alpha(1)-FP values in a young pregnant woman, indicated the possibility of an ovarian germ cell neoplasia. Respecting the patient's will, pregnancy was protracted until the 36th week. A cesarian section allowed the releasing of a vital fetus and the removal of a neoplastic mass which proved to be an endodermal sinus tumor (EST) at stage Ia. Then the patient, the 12th case of EST in pregnancy reported in the literature, underwent 5 PVB chemotherapy cycles and, 3 years after the intervention, appears disease-free.
authors: UNIV PAVIA,POLICLIN SAN MATTEO,IRCCS,IST TERAPIA MED,I-27100 PAVIA,ITALY. OSPED CIVILE,DIV OSTET & GINECOL,MELITO PORTO SALV,ITALY.
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