[Cervical cancer and pregnancy-report of 3 cases and review of the literature]

ABSTRACT

Cervical carcinoma associated pregnancy is rare relating to only 3 to 17 pregnancies out of 10000 The two principal prognostic factors of cervical cancer which are the stage of disease and the lymphatic spread are associated to other factors concerning the pregnancy which are the term of pregnancy and the mode of delivery The triplet smear-colposcopy-biopsy poses the exact diagnosis in 99,5% of cases, and the colposcopy is indicated each time the smear is suspect or positive, or if a biopsy is necessary in front of a suspect clinical examination This association raises the delicate question of the attitude to adopt with respect to the foetus as well as obstetrical therapeutic We recorded 3 cases in Maternity LALLA MERIEM of the C H U Ibn Rochd of CASABLANCA between 1998 and 2001 as well as a review of the literature in order to elucidate the principal points of the therapeutic