Volume 74, Issue 2, September 2024, Pages 254–257
Samia Bennaceur1, Nassima Ouguerzi2, R. Laaboudi3, and Zaki EL HANCHI4
1 Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
2 Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
3 Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
4 Pole gynéco-mammaire, Institut National d’Oncologie, CHU Rabat, Morocco
Original language: English
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The association of ovarian malignancy with pregnancy is rare; accounting for 3–6% of ovarian masses of which malignant germ cell tumors represent the type most frequently associated with pregnancy, whereas the incidence of epithelial ovarian cancer is only 1/12,000 to 1/50,000 of pregnancies. The diagnosis and management of ovarian cancer in pregnancy remain poorly codified because of the rarity of cases and the limited data available on this pathology. We report here the case of a 33-year-old woman with a low-grade invasive serous carcinoma of the left ovary diagnosed during pregnancy, identified by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. The patient was treated by surgical resection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy without interrupting the pregnancy because she refused to. A c-section was programmed at 36 weeks of gestation with complement of surgery.
Author Keywords: Ovarian, cancer, pregnancy, carcinoma.
Samia Bennaceur1, Nassima Ouguerzi2, R. Laaboudi3, and Zaki EL HANCHI4
1 Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
2 Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
3 Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
4 Pole gynéco-mammaire, Institut National d’Oncologie, CHU Rabat, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2024 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The association of ovarian malignancy with pregnancy is rare; accounting for 3–6% of ovarian masses of which malignant germ cell tumors represent the type most frequently associated with pregnancy, whereas the incidence of epithelial ovarian cancer is only 1/12,000 to 1/50,000 of pregnancies. The diagnosis and management of ovarian cancer in pregnancy remain poorly codified because of the rarity of cases and the limited data available on this pathology. We report here the case of a 33-year-old woman with a low-grade invasive serous carcinoma of the left ovary diagnosed during pregnancy, identified by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. The patient was treated by surgical resection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy without interrupting the pregnancy because she refused to. A c-section was programmed at 36 weeks of gestation with complement of surgery.
Author Keywords: Ovarian, cancer, pregnancy, carcinoma.
How to Cite this Article
Samia Bennaceur, Nassima Ouguerzi, R. Laaboudi, and Zaki EL HANCHI, “Rare association of the ovarian low-grade invasive serous carcinoma with pregnancy: A case report,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 254–257, September 2024.
