...Patrick S. Plum; Robert Nowotny; René Thieme; Nicole Kreuser; Ines Gockel Background: Malignant (and benign) tumors of the upper gastrointestinal tract are very rare in pregnancy and can be difficult to diagnose because their symptoms are often misinterpreted as “typical” symptoms of pregnant women...

...Patrick S. Plum; Seung-Hun Chon; Hakan Alakus; Matthias Mehdorn; Sigmar Stelzner; René Thieme; Nicole Kreuser; Ines Gockel Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) during pregnancy can be a challenging situation due to the spatial confinement of the tumor with the growing uterus carrying the fetus...

...Jan Zapletal; Borek Sehnal; Vit Drochytek; Martin Hruda; Ivana Lochmanova; Michael J. Halaska; Martin Oliverius Introduction: Appendectomy for acute appendicitis is the most common surgical procedure performed during pregnancy. The primary treatment for acute appendicitis is emergency surgery...

... these circumstances, critical decisions have to be made to preserve maternal health on the one side and minimize harm to the infant on the other side. Summary: Here we summarize data from case reports, meta-analyses, and registries of women undergoing radio- or chemotherapy during pregnancy and provide guidance...

...Martin Hecker; Anne Heihoff-Klose; Matthias Mehdorn Background: The incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) peaks in the fertile age of both women and men. There is a significant lack of knowledge regarding disease-specific aspects of guiding IBD patients through conception, pregnancy...

...Chih-Long Shen; Tsai-Wang Huang; Hsu-Kai Huang; Chih-Ming Hsieh; Yung-Lung Cheng; Hung Chang; Ching Tzao; Hsian-He Hsu; Shih-Chun Lee Background: Diaphragmatic hernias are rare in adults and extremely rare during pregnancy when diagnosis is difficult because of the nonspecific symptoms. However...