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Metastatic unknown primary tumour presenting in pregnancy: a rarity posing an ethical dilemma
Abstract
This brief report raises the ethical dilemma encountered by an obstetrician involved in the care of a pregnant woman with life-threatening disease. This is a particularly difficult issue if the maternal well-being is in conflict with the survival of the unborn child.
- ethics
- fetus
- malignancy
- pregnancy
- unknown primary
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