HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA IN A PREGNANT WOMAN DETECTED BY ROUTINE SCREENING OF MATERNAL ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN

Authors
JENG LBB LEE WC WANG CC CHEN MF HSIEH TT
Citation
Lbb. Jeng et al., HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA IN A PREGNANT WOMAN DETECTED BY ROUTINE SCREENING OF MATERNAL ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 172(1), 1995, pp. 219-220
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029378
Volume
172
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Part
1
Pages
219 - 220
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9378(1995)172:1<219:HIAPWD>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A 26-year-old pregnant woman was diagnosed as having hepatocellular ca rcinoma at 16 weeks of gestation when extremely high levels of cw-feto protein were found on a routine screening examination. The pregnancy w as terminated, and a right hepatectomy was performed. Although such ca ses are rare, this one suggests that early measurement of maternal ser um ci-fetoprotein in a pregnant woman with hepatitis B surface antigen emia may allow the timely detection of a hepatocellular carcinoma.