A successful pregnancy and delivery after resectoscopic surgery for early invasive endometrial cancer
Matsumoto, H.; Toyofuku, K.; Taniguchi, I.; Haraokaz, M.; Utsunomiya, T.; Takai, N.
European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology 30(6): 689-690
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0392-2936 PMID: 20099507 Document Number: 634860
Among young women, the incidence of uterine corpus cancer is increasing. Most young women can not preserve fertility because simple total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is the standard method for early endometrial cancer so far. We present a case of early endometrial adenocarcinoma which succeeded in pregnancy and delivery after resectoscopic surgery. Following a circumferential resection of the lesion including the mucosa and muscle layer under resectoscopic guidance, the patient became pregnant by means of in vitro fertilization-embyo transfer with hormone replenishment. She underwent cesarean section at 33 weeks and five days of gestation and had a healthy baby. Resectscopic surgery can help to preserve fertility among young women who have early invasive endometrial cancer.