Successful pregnancy following transfer of frozen-thawed embryos in a patient with pseudomyxoma peritonei who underwent peritonectomy and bilateral oophorectomy.
10.3802/jgo.2012.23.2.129
- Author:
Ido LASKOV
1
;
Nadav MICHAAN
;
Ariel MANY
;
Ami AMIT
;
Foad AZEM
Author Information
1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel. idolaskov@yahoo.com
- Publication Type:In Vitro ; Case Report
- Keywords:
Embryo cryopreservation;
Fertility preservation;
Pregnancy;
Pseudomyxoma peritonei
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant;
Cryopreservation;
Embryonic Structures;
Female;
Fertility;
Fertility Preservation;
Humans;
Infant;
Mucins;
Ovariectomy;
Pregnancy;
Pregnancy Outcome;
Pseudomyxoma Peritonei;
Single Person
- From:Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
2012;23(2):129-132
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Pseudomyxoma peritonei is a rare, chronic relapsing disease in which tumor cells in the abdomen produce excessive mucin with a significant mortality rate. We describe a young unmarried nulligrava who underwent fertility preservation by in vitro fertilisation and embryo cryopreservation prior to radical surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy. Pregnancy was achieved, although complicated by obstructive uropathy. She delivered a healthy infant at 32 weeks' gestation. The few descriptions of fertility and pregnancy outcome in pseudomyxoma peritonei that appear in the literature are reviewed.
