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Successful pregnancy in a patient with endometrial carcinoma treated with medroxyprogesterone acetate

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A 32-year infertile Japanese woman suffered from endometrial cancer, which was treated with repeated endometrial curettage and medroxyprogesterone acetate for 6 months. The patient then became pregnant and was delivered of a live-born male infant at 37 weeks gestation by cesarean section for placenta previa. At cesarean section there were no abnormal findings in the uterine cavity or other pelvic organs.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, 500, Gifu-city, Gifu, Japan

    K. Niwa, Y. Yokoyama, T. Murase, S. Morishita, M. Itoh, N. Itoh & T. Tamaya

  2. Department of Pathology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, 500, Gifu-city, Gifu, Japan

    T. Tanaka

  3. Division of Central Laboratory, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, 500, Gifu-city, Gifu, Japan

    K. Shimokawa

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Niwa, K., Yokoyama, Y., Tanaka, T. et al. Successful pregnancy in a patient with endometrial carcinoma treated with medroxyprogesterone acetate. Arch Gynecol Obstet 255, 91–94 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02391803

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