title: Report of a pregnant woman underwent radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer.
abstract: Cervical cancer during pregnancy has an incidence of about 1 to 10 in 10.000 individuals and is one of the most common malignancies occurring during pregnancy. In this report, we aimed to evaluate a pregnant women with cervical cancer underwent radical hysterectomy and pelvic and paraaortic lymphadenectomy at our clinic. A 47 years of pregnant woman (G8, P7) with an intrauterine pregnancy of 4 weeks 6 days of gestation admitted to our high risk pregnancy department with vaginal bleeding complaint. On vaginal examination, we detected a 4 cm of lesion protruding from the cervix. Biopsy of the lesion was proved as microinvasive squamous carcinoma of the cervix. Subsequently radical hysterectomy and pelvic and paraaortic lymphadenectomy was performed. Postoperative pathology was large cell keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix. In conclusion, although its rarity, clinicians should suspect of cervical cancer in a pregnant woman complaining of vaginal bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Dr Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Department of Gynecological Oncology, Ankara, Turkey. alijnk@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ali Irfan
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Guzel
authors.affiliation: Dr Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Department of Gynecological Oncology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozgü
authors.affiliation: Dr Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Department of Pathology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serap
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akbay
authors.affiliation: Dr Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Department of Gynecological Oncology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Salim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erkaya
authors.affiliation: Dr Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Department of Gynecological Oncology, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tayfun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Güngör
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*