Sigmoid colon cancer during pregnancy

Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2002 Aug 5;104(1):70-2. doi: 10.1016/s0301-2115(02)00052-0.

Abstract

Colorectal carcinoma during pregnancy is a rare event. We report a 23-year-old primigravida with advanced stage adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid colon diagnosed at 34 weeks of gestation. A healthy female infant was delivered by cesarean section. The treatment of choice was chemotherapy. The patient died 3 months after delivery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Adult
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Cesarean Section
  • Female
  • Fluorouracil / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Leucovorin / administration & dosage
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / pathology*
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Leucovorin
  • Fluorouracil