Hypopharyngeal Cancer in Pregnancy: Case Report

Abstract

Hypopharyngeal cancer is very rarely seen in pregnancy. The patients may apply with the symptoms and signs of difficulty in swallowing, sore throat or hemoptysis. A thirty nine years old G:5, P:3, A:2 pregnant woman whose fetal biometric measures were consisted with 32 weeks of gestation applied with difficulty in swallowing and sore throat. On the magnetic resonance imaging, a vegetative mass with 6.5x3.5x3.5 cm dimensions was detected at the hypopharyngeal location and the biopsy was reported as "well differentiated squamous cell carcinoma". The patient was regarded as stage IV (T4N1M0) inoperable by the Department of Otolaryngology. The patient whose chemoradiotherapy was delayed to the postpartum period upon the desire of the family was delivered at 37th gestational week by cesarean section under spinal anesthesia. It was learned that the patient was given a chemoradiotherapy in another center, 2 weeks after the delivery. In this case presentation, the management of a pregnant woman with hypopharengeal cancer which is a very rare condition in pregnancy is presented. Copyright © 2015 by Türkiye Klinikleri.