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Re: possibility of endometrial cancer during pregnancy

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 5 Jan 2001 16:24:03 -0600 (CST)


At Fri, 5 Jan 2001, AR wrote: >
>I am just wondering, is it possible to have endometrial cancer during
>pregnancy? How likely is this? If it is possible, would it have
>diagnosable symptoms; and, if so, what would they be?
>
>Thank you for any information.

I have never heard of this occuring and that is saying quite a lot since I deal with high risk pregnancy. The cardinal symptom of uterine cancer is bleeding and it would be impossible to differentiate. There are other forms of cancer that can manifest either from or at the same time as pregnancy... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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