Open AccessRelapsing thymic carcinoma during pregnancy
Author(s) -
Peleg David,
Zabari Avinoam,
Shalev Eliezer
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016349209021082
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , therapeutic abortion , abortion , thymic carcinoma , radiation therapy , chemotherapy , obstetrics , carcinoma , gynecology , surgery , pathology , genetics , biology
A 23 year old woman, who was known to be in remission from thymic carcinoma, presented in her first trimester. She had previously been treated with radiation and chemotherapy. Her pregnancy was complicated by fevcr and contractions at 30 weeks and ended with the birth of a live preterm male infant. Subsequent investigation revealed a massive relapse of her mediastinal tumor. This case reinforces the devastating consequences that pregnancy has on thymic hyperplasia. Of nine previously reported cases, five of the women died either during pregnancy or within six months and only one was alive longer than five years. Therapeutic abortion should be considered in the pregnant woman with known thymic neoplasia.