Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Management of appendiceal pseudomyxoma peritonei diagnosed during pregnancy | BioMed Central World Journal of Surgical Oncology Open Access Case report Management of appendiceal pseudomyxoma peritonei diagnosed during pregnancy Erika Haase1 Dal Yoo2 and Paul H Sugarbaker 2 Address Department of Surgical Oncology Princess Margaret Hospital University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada and 2Program in Peritoneal Surface Malignancy Washington Cancer Institute Washington Hospital Center Washington District of Columbia USA Email Erika Haase - erikahaase@ Dal Yoo - dalyoo@ Paul H Sugarbaker - Corresponding author Published 19 May 2009 Received 22 April 2009 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009 7 48 doi 1477-7819-7-48 Accepted 19 May 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 48 2009 Haase et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background The incidence of cancer during pregnancy is approximately 1 in 1000. The most common types encountered during pregnancy are cervical breast and ovarian. Epithelial tumors of the appendix on the other hand are rare and account for only approximately 1 of all colorectal neoplasms the occurrence of this neoplasm during pregnancy is extremely rare. Case Presentation The medical history of a 30 year old woman diagnosed at 17 weeks gestation with an appendiceal mucinous tumor with large volume pseudomyxoma peritonei was presented. Her pregnancy was preserved and she had an early vaginal delivery of a healthy baby at 35 weeks. At 2 1 2 weeks postpartum the patient underwent extensive cytoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal chemotherapy. She remains disease-free 5 years after her initial diagnosis. A .
