Pregnant Woman Diagnosed with Stage 3 Melanoma

Key Points

• Pregnant woman experiences severe coughing fits and shortness of breath leading to the discovery of a large tumor.
• Doctors at Northwestern Medicine perform emergency cesarean section to deliver a healthy baby boy and remove the tumor.
• Woman undergoes immunotherapy before surgery to shrink the tumor and later undergoes surgery to remove the tumor and part of her main pulmonary artery.

Pros

• Doctors at Northwestern Medicine successfully saved the woman and her baby's life.
• The tumor was successfully removed, and the latest scans showed no evidence of metastatic melanoma.

Cons

• The woman had to undergo a risky surgery to remove the tumor and her entire right lung.

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