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Case Report
A huge mucinous cystadenoma complicating third trimester of pregnancy
with previous two caesarean sections.
Nirmal pangtey
1
,Priyanka chauhan
2
,Usha rawat
3
,Geeta jain
3

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Assistant Professor,
2
PG. student,
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Professor, Department of obs & gynae, Government medical college,
Haldwani, Uttarakhand
*Corresponding author
Dr. Priyanka chauhan,Department of obs & gynae, Government medical college, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India.
E MAIL: [email protected],
Abstract The incidence of ovarian tumor complicating caesarean section was about 1 in 200 caesarean births
while ovarian tumors complicated termination of pregnancy in 1 of 594 procedures. Any type of Ovarian mass
can be encountered during pregnancy, but the most common are cystic. Because pregnant women are usually
young, malignant tumors are relatively uncommon. A patient third gravida with previous 2 caesarean sections
presented in an emergency with complaints of persistent pain in abdomen for last 7 days with gestational age of
35 weeks and 3 days. Emergency Caesarean section was done to deliver an alive male baby of 2.25 Kg with
good Apgar score. Intraoperative finding was suggestive of a huge multiloculated left ovarian mass of
approximately. 403015 cm weighing 20 Kg with straw coloured mucinous fluid. Up to 3 liters of fluid
aspirated before delivering the cyst out of the abdomen. Left salpingoopherectomy was done and specimen sent
for histopathological examination that showed Mucinous cystadenoma of the ovary. Post operative period
remain uneventful.
Keywords: Ovarian tumor, pregnancy, Mucinous cystadenoma, Complicated Caesarean Section
AIM: To report a benign case of mucinous cystadenoma of ovary with pregnancy
METHOD: The data were collected by history-taking, clinical examination, laboratory investigations, trans
abdominal ultrasonographic examination, and by histopathological study of the excised surgical specimen.
CASE PRESENTATION: Our case was a 25 years old woman, G
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P
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L
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with 35 weeks 3 days pregnancy
with previous two LSCS with huge benign ovarian cyst. She presented to Dr. Sushila Tiwari Hospital, Haldwani
with complaints of eight and half months amenorrhoea with excessive abdominal distension and difficulty in
breathing. Patient had only one antenatal visit in the second trimester of pregnancy when her ultrasound
revealed a huge left ovarian mass (16 18 16 cm) with 19 weeks of pregnancy. General examination revealed
normal vital signs other than a slight tachypnoea (respiratory rate was 24/minute). Her abdominal circumference
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was 127 cm. On abdominal examination, fundal height extended up to xiphisternum. Presentation of fetus and
lie could not be appreciated. The abdomen was cystic tense on palpation without tenderness or shifting dullness.
The patient underwent an emergency caesarean section in view of previous two LSCS with scar tenderness. An
alive male baby of 2.25 kg weight was delivered as vertex. Intra-operative findings were extraordinary large
multiloculated left ovarian cyst measuring 40x30x15 cm, weighing 20 Kg with straw coloured mucinous fluid in
it. (Fig 1) Since the cyst was huge and could not be extracted intact, thus, about three litres of seromucinous
fluid was aspirated before delivering the cyst out of the abdomen. Thus, left salpingoopherectomy was done
along with right sided tubal ligation. Specimen sent for histopathological examination revealed it as mucinous
cystadenoma of ovary lined by mixed endocervical and gastric foveolar type of mucinous epithelium. The
postoperative course was unremarkable.

Fig 1: Huge mucinous cystadenoma.

Fig 2: Huge mucinous cystadenoma.
DISCUSSION: Most of the adnexal masses are discovered incidentally during pregnancy because of the
routine use of ultrasound. Most masses in pregnancy are benign in character and malignancy rate is low.
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The
frequency of ovarian tumors is about 1 in 1000 pregnancies
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and those which are malignant represent about 1 in
15000 to 32000 pregnancies
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. Mucinous cystadenomas are benign epithelial ovarian tumours that are
characterized by multilocularity, smooth outer and inner surface and tend to be large. Mucinous cystadenomas
are one of the largest tumours known.
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There are several case reports in literature showing huge mucinous
cystadenomas complicating the pregnancy and need emergency surgical intervention as in this case.
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Conservative surgery as ovarian cystectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy is adequate for benign lesions
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. In our
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patient, left salpingo-oophorectomy was performed as there was no ovarian tissue left and the tube was
unhealthy. After surgery, the patient should be followed-up carefully as some tumour reoccur
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. It is concluded
that ovarian cyst in pregnancy must be followed-up properly. Early diagnosis and appropriate intervention is
associated with the best fetomaternal outcome.
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How to cite this article:Pangtey N, ChauhanP, RawatU, JainG; A huge
mucinous cystadenoma complicating third trimester of pregnancy with
previous two caesarean sections; Acta Medica International 2014;
1(1):71-73
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