Spontaneous conception in the presence of stage IIIC endometrioid ovarian cancer.

OBJECTIVE

To describe a rare case of spontaneous conception in a patient with a preexisting metastatic ovarian cancer.

DESIGN

Case report.

SETTING

University hospital.

PATIENT(S): A 39-year-old Asian woman who conceived while undergoing an evaluation for primary infertility and newly detected bilateral adnexal masses.

INTERVENTION(S): Staging laparotomy and total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Anatomic pathology diagnosis.

RESULT(S): Blighted ovum and stage IIIC endometrioid adenocarcinoma of ovary.

CONCLUSION(S): Metastatic ovarian cancer does not prevent either spontaneous ovulation or spontaneous conception.