Successful pregnancy after fertility-sparing local resection and uterine reconstruction for low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma

Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Aug;120(2 Pt 2):486-489. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31825a7397.

Abstract

Background: Fertility-sparing management of endometrial stromal sarcoma has been demonstrated, but reports of pregnancy after such management are rare in our current body of literature.

Case: A 16-year-old nulligravid adolescent girl presented with symptoms of menometrorrhagia and was found to have a 17-cm uterine mass. The patient underwent local resection of the mass with uterine reconstruction. Pathology revealed a low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma. She was placed on high-dose daily megestrol acetate therapy and remained disease-free for 8 years before achieving pregnancy spontaneously. The patient underwent an uncomplicated pregnancy until 34 weeks of gestation, when she presented in preterm labor and underwent cesarean delivery of a liveborn male neonate, with no evidence of disease recurrence.

Conclusion: Fertility-sparing management and close follow-up of low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma may be a viable option for those desiring future fertility.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / administration & dosage
  • Cesarean Section
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Endometrial Stromal Tumors / diagnosis
  • Endometrial Stromal Tumors / surgery*
  • Female
  • Fertility Preservation*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Megestrol Acetate / administration & dosage*
  • Menorrhagia / etiology
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures
  • Postoperative Period
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Outcome*
  • Sarcoma, Endometrial Stromal / diagnosis
  • Sarcoma, Endometrial Stromal / surgery*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
  • Megestrol Acetate