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OBJECTIVES: To report a rare case of ovarian tumor with an unusual presentation; an ovarian pregnancy luteoma with massive ascites and elevated CA125 after ovulation induction therapy. CASE PRESENTATION: A 26-year-old pregnant woman complained lower abdominal distension. Ultrasound imaging showed a solid tumor in the right adexna and massive ascites. The blood test showed elevated serum level of CA125 and androgens. The patient underwent the right salpingo-oophorectomy, and then the results of blood test were normal and ascites disappeared. CONCLUSIONS: pregnancy luteoma followed with massive ascites and increased CA125 after ovulation induction therapy is a very rare case. It is important to provide appropriate medical/surgical intervention without disturbing the pregnancy iatrogenically or causing unnecessary maternal morbidity.
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the histological changes of cervical cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and to establish histological criteria for interpretation of chemotherapeutical effects. METHODS: Fifty-six patients with FIGO stage Ib2-IIa cervical cancers treated by NACT and subsequent radical surgery were retrospectively analyzed, in which the pre- and post-chemotherapeutic histopathological changes were assessed. RESULTS: The post-chemotherapeutic histopathological changes of 56 cases included grade 3 effects in 11 cases (19.6%), grade 2 in 24 cases (42.9%), grade 1 in 13 cases (23.2%) and no response in only 8 cases (14.3%). The histologic response rate was 62.5% (35/56) and the overall clinical response rate was 67.9% (38/56). The overall coincidence by both criteria was 78.6% (44/56). Four cases (7.1%, 4/56) had only histological response and 8 cases (14.3%, 8/56) had response by imaging. In comparison with the pre-chemotherapy specimens, the chemotherapy-associated histological changes included shrinkage and scattering of tumor nests,decrease of tumor cellularity,tumor cell degeneration and necrosis. CONCLUSIONS: The histological changes in locally advanced cervical cancers induced by NACT are significant, which may challenge the diagnosis in the final specimens. There are some discreqancies between the histological criteria and imaging/gynecological ones for the therapeutic evaluation of cervical cancers,and it is thus recommended to use the pathological criteria for clinic practice.