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Obstetrics & Gynecology 1976;47:72
© 1976 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Acute Leukemia in Advanced Ovarian Carcinoma After Treatment with Alkylating Agents

GINTER SOTREL, MD, KIANOOSH JAFARI, MD, ABRAHAM F. LASH, MD, PhD, FACOG and ROBERT C. STEPTO, MD, PhD. FACOG

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Cook County Hospital. Chicago, Illinois.

Two cases of advanced ovarian carcinoma treated with chlorambucil and terminating in acute leukemia are presented and the literature reviewed. The first patient was diagnosed by laparotomy as having Stage III ovarian carcinoma, and total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-ophorectomy were performed. After 7 years and 2 months of chemotherapy, acute myeloblastic leukemia was diagnosed, and the patient expired 4 months later; At autopsy no residual ovarian tumor was found. The second patient had a right oophorectomy after the diagnosis of Stage III ovarian carcinoma had been made. After 5 years and 9 months of chemotherapy she developed acute myelomonocytic leukemia and expired 2 months later, with residual ovarian tumor present on autopsy. The benefits of surgical reexploration in occasional cases of good clinical remission after chemotherapy are discussed in view of potential carcinogenicity of cytostatic agents.






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